Extreme metal and the grotesque utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989)

Tutkielma käsittelee äärimetallin alakulttuurin representatiivisten konventioiden ja groteskin kuvaperinteen välisiä yhteyksiä. Tätä laajempaa kysymystä lähestytään tarkastelemalla groteskin ilmentymiä englantilaisen äärimetalliyhtye Carcassin varhaisissa levynkansissa. Carcassin levynkansien ja gr...

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Main Author: Tulonen, Urho
Other Authors: Humanistis-yhteiskuntatieteellinen tiedekunta, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Musiikin, taiteen ja kulttuurin tutkimuksen laitos, Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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description Tutkielma käsittelee äärimetallin alakulttuurin representatiivisten konventioiden ja groteskin kuvaperinteen välisiä yhteyksiä. Tätä laajempaa kysymystä lähestytään tarkastelemalla groteskin ilmentymiä englantilaisen äärimetalliyhtye Carcassin varhaisissa levynkansissa. Carcassin levynkansien ja groteskin taiteen välisten visuaalisten teemojen yhteyksien lisäksi tutkielmassa tarkastellaan näiden kahden yhteyttä myös sosiokulttuurisesta näkökulmasta käsin. Näitä sosiokulttuurisia prosesseja tarkastellaan hyödyntämällä liminaalisiin kulttuurisiin ilmiöihin ja alakulttuuriseen toimijuuteen liittyviä teoreettisia malleja ja käsitteitä. Tutkielman tulokset osoittavat että groteski ilmenee Carcassin levynkansissa pääosin epätyypillisten visuaalisten aihioidien, liioitellun ja fantastisen ilmaisun sekä tabuaiheiden representaation kautta. Carcassin levynkansitaiteet eivät kuitenkaan täysin sovi aiempiin käsityksiin siitä, mitä eri funktioita groteskilla ja abjektilla on äärimetallin alakulttuurissa, sillä Carcassin representaatioiden taustalla vaikuttaneet motiivit ovat monella tapaa eroavia alakulttuurin konventioista. Tutkielma osoittaa että groteskin käytön pääsääntöiset funktiot äärimetallin alakulttuurille liittyvät symboliseen voimaantumiseen, joka saavutetaan epätyypillisten ja transgressiivisten representaatioiden kautta, jotka toimivat vastavoimina konventionaalisen kulttuurin normeille. Nämä representatiivisella tasolla toimivat transgressiot heijastelevat äärimetallin alakulttuurin laajempia käytäntöjä ja sosiokulttuurista dispositiota, joskin ne ovat monesti ilmaisultaan metaforisia, kärjistettyjä tai fantastisia. This thesis examines the relationship that the representational conventions of the extreme metal subculture have with the grotesque image tradition. This broader question is approached through examining the grotesque in the early album covers of the British extreme metal group Carcass. In addition to examining the visual motifs, the relationship between the Carcass’s album covers and the grotesque is examined from a socio-cultural perspective as well. The socio-cultural processes are examined through theoretical formulations and concepts that are pertinent to liminal cultural phenomena and subcultural activity. The findings of this thesis indicate that the grotesque is embodied in the album covers of Carcass primarily through the use of unconventional visual motifs, exaggerated and fantastical expression and the representation of taboo themes and image subjects. However, the album covers of Carcass do not fully fit in with the prior conceptualizations regarding the functions that the grotesque has for the extreme metal subculture, as the motives that underpin their representations are in many ways divergent from the conventions of the subculture. This thesis suggests that the primary functions for the use of the grotesque has for the extreme metal subculture are related to the attainment of symbolic power, which is achieved through unconventional and transgressive representations that subvert the norms of conventional culture. These representational subversions seem to reflect the wider practices and socio-cultural disposition of the extreme metal subculture, although they are often metaphoric, exaggerated or fantastical in their expression.
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title Extreme metal and the grotesque : utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989)
title_full Extreme metal and the grotesque : utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989)
title_fullStr Extreme metal and the grotesque : utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989) Extreme metal and the grotesque : utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989)
title_full_unstemmed Extreme metal and the grotesque : utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989) Extreme metal and the grotesque : utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989)
title_short Extreme metal and the grotesque
title_sort extreme metal and the grotesque utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of carcass 1987 1989
title_sub utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989)
title_txtP Extreme metal and the grotesque : utilization of pathological imagery in the early album covers of Carcass (1987-1989)
topic extreme metal metal Carcass album cover album sleeve transgression abject pathology gore äärimetalli metalli levynkansi levynkansitaide alakulttuuri transgressio abjekti patologia Taidehistoria Art History 310 albumit (äänitteet) väkivalta kollaasit groteski representaatio musiikki populaarikulttuuri kansitaide osakulttuurit punk (kulttuuri) albums (recordings) violence (activity) collages grotesque representation (creation related to information) music popular culture cover art subcultures punk
topic_facet 310 Art History Carcass Taidehistoria abject abjekti alakulttuuri album cover album sleeve albumit (äänitteet) albums (recordings) collages cover art extreme metal gore groteski grotesque kansitaide kollaasit levynkansi levynkansitaide metal metalli music musiikki osakulttuurit pathology patologia populaarikulttuuri popular culture punk punk (kulttuuri) representaatio representation (creation related to information) subcultures transgressio transgression violence (activity) väkivalta äärimetalli
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