Question 4

4. In the image of the pipe entitled “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” is an example of interpellation because the text reads, “this is not a pipe”. Interpellation is when we recognize something by shape because it is familiar to us (similar to the example of the stop sign in class). The artist is saying that the image represents the social construct of a pipe, however the image is in fact several different items used to build what we have constructed in our minds.