ABSTRACT

The article conceptualises the notion of the landscape syncope: a political landscape performance generated by desire, which affects landscape perception. The syncopal mode involves a core of absence that pertains to a topographical gap mediated by suspension, movement and revelation. The article explores three case studies that address designed and seemingly natural landscapes – the ‘ha-ha’ in the English landscape garden, the Baroque gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte, and the landscape of Israel’s eastern border. These case studies point to the scope of the landscape syncope, which operates as a counterpoint in the landscape. The analysis builds on an interdisciplinary inquiry that addresses the critical discourse on landscape, garden and art history, as well as critical psychoanalysis and cultural discourse. The discussion links the Lacanian notion of objet (petit) a and the structure of (partially satisfied) desire with the ambiguity and elusiveness of landscape, and its ontology of lack and absence. The article suggests the syncopal mode as an interpretation of landscape, as a manifestation of power and a political performance of desire.

摘要

文章概念化了景观晕厥的概念：由欲望产生的政治景观表现，影响景观感知。晕厥模式涉及一种缺席的核心，与由悬浮、运动和启示介导的地形间隙有关。本文探讨了三个案例研究，这些案例研究涉及设计的和看似自然的景观——英国景观花园中的“哈哈”、Vaux-le-Vicomte 的巴洛克式花园以及以色列东部边境的景观。这些案例研究指出了景观晕厥的范围，它作为景观中的对位。该分析建立在跨学科调查的基础上，该调查涉及景观、园林和艺术史的批判性话语，以及批判性心理分析和文化话语。讨论将拉康的概念联系起来objet (petit) a和（部分满足的）欲望的结构，景观的模糊性和难以捉摸，及其缺乏和缺席的本体论。文章建议将晕厥模式作为对景观的解释，作为权力的体现和欲望的政治表现。