Exploring the field of autotopography through live art practice : The frieze, The anatomy lecture theatre and The security hut

This paper presents: The Frieze, The Anatomy Lecture Theatre and The Security Hut as outcomes of my practice-based research project into strategies of making autotopographical performance. Departing from Gonzalez’s theory of autotopography (1995), which focuses on objects belonging to individuals that are seen to signify their identity, and drawing on Heddon’s (2002; 2008), Bal’s (2002) and Arlander’s (2012) subsequent discussions around the term, I unpack the process of making live art performances in response to a site. During the process of making I examined the relationships between the material landscape, my processes of memory and my sense-of-self.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Drama

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Postlethwaite, Rosa

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Pather, Jay

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12963

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12963