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Showing 1 to 20 of 70 for “"Artistic practices"”.
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Exploring Colour in Contemporary Art – Epistemic Boundaries and Artistic Practices
… in colour philosophy, philosophy of art and artistic colour theories. Since the 1960s, artists have used colours in an ever-increasing variety of media, materials and spatial and temporal contexts. The postmodern crisis of grand narratives as described by Jean-François Lyotard is evident in …
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Artistic practices & democratic politics: towards the markers of uncertainty: from counter-hegemonic positions to plural hegemonies
Can artistic and cultural practices play a critical role in societies in which criticisms are reflexively absorbed and immobilised by the prevailing hegemony? And, if yes, what kind of political order can they aspire to, given the ‘post-utopian’ nature of the human condition? How do we approach the …
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The role of professional artistic practice in the pedagogy of artist-teachers in Cape Town
… questions: (a) What roles do the professional artistic practices and experiences of artist-teachers in public schools play in their arts teaching? and (b) How do artist-teachers in schools remain professionally connected to their craft outside the classroom? Data was generated via six …
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CONTESTED KNOWLEDGES: A RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF 'ECLIPSES FOR AUSTIN' BY PABLO VARGAS LUGO AT THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND SCIENCE
… production and enunciation. Contemporary artistic practices that address scientific knowledge tend to reformulate the latter in order to either produce new experiences with it or expand its cognitive capabilities. The works produced by these practices serve as artifacts that expose …
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Playing at being other: the self-less process of artistic co-creation
… collective Libertalia, the research examines artistic co-creation as a shared, relational process rather than an individual act of authorship. Drawing on reflective practice, fieldnotes, and performance theory, the study explores how play, ritual, mimesis and collaboration shape creative …
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Between Technophilia, Cold War and Rationality: A Social and Cultural History of Digital Art
… must be confronted with the relative success of artistic practices interchangeably labelled as computer, new media, cybernetic, electronic or simply digital art. However, as attested by this proliferation of labels as well as by the development of numerous dedicated awards, degrees, galleries, …
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Cultural mandates, artistic missions, and "The Welfare of Palestine," 1876-1948
… investigates the changing landscape for artistic production in Palestine from the last decades of Ottoman rule until the establishment of the State of Israel (1876-1948). The development of new artistic practices and exhibition spaces occurred against a political backdrop in near constant …
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Furious Acts: AIDS and the Arts of Activism, 1981-1996
… I explore the different ways in which art and artistic production were used in AIDS activism between 1980 and 1996 by such artistic and activist organizations as ACT-UP, the Radical Faeries, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Gran Fury, the NAMES Project, and the Gay Men's Health Crisis. My …
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The dyslexic sublime: exploring the art-making process of dyslexic artists through the lens of the sublime
… the Sublime, providing insights into the unique artistic practices and experiences of dyslexic individuals. The study employs arts-based research techniques, including workshops, exemplary works and interviews with dyslexic artists, to explore their lived experiences and art-making processes …
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The Sublime in Contemporary Art and Politics: The Post 9/11 Art of Middle Eastern Diaspora in North America
… to researching art with an emphasis on the artistic practices of Middle Eastern diasporic artists in Canada and the USA. This dissertation moves from an account of aesthetic theory to the revival of public interest in art related to the Middle East and the artistic challenges faced by …
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Artist as navigator: understanding how the social qualities of art influence organizational change; a methodology for art as a social practice.
… in the context of organizational change? How do artistic practices influence the way communities address change? In what ways can an individual artistic practice, concerned with the role of art in society, add new insights to theories and practices of contemporary art? These questions are …
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Curating Contemporary Japanese Art: Exhibition Catalogue Production for Hidden Landscapes: Yasuaki Onishi and Invisible Space
… conversation around contemporary Japanese artistic practices. Through the publication of an exhibition catalogue, Northern Arizona will have the opportunity to engage with the ongoing intercultural dialogue on the globalized artistic stage, and support the international practice of emerging …
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Life after/before
… cultural heritage. This project underscores how artistic practices can effectively process complex emotions and histories, revealing the filmmaker as a product of her master’s journey. Key words: docufiction; memory; identity; staging, heritage.
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Fallen things: delineating veil-wound-womb through sculptural practice
… and practical motifs manifest in contemporary artistic practices. Using a wide range of source images in the written component and working with casting, carving and assemblage; I explore how gravity, temporal moments of contact, and subtle material juxtapositions cultivate a tactile dialogue …
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Rethinking word / image relationships in contemporary art
… an intellectual framework which engages with artistic practice. By providing an overviev of interarts debates, it is suggested that notions such as the 'sister arts' have tended historically to privilege word over image. This privileging which has circumscribed word / image relationships is …
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What is it 'to move' a photograph? Artistic tactics for destabilizing and transforming images
What is it ‘to move’ a photograph? Artistic tactics for destabilising and transforming images. This dissertation presents the findings of practice-led research that explores how artistic practices intervening in existing images ‘move’ images — in the sense of destabilise and transform. The notion …
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Kinų tapybos Wu mokyklos sociokultūrinis meno kontekstas: Shen Zhou ir Wen Zhengming atvejai /
… family ties, and societal norms shaped the artistic expressions of Shen Zhou and Wen Zhengming, within the context of Wu painting. It presents the historical development of the Wu school, emphasizing the role of intellectual families and society in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. Furthermore, …
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METHODOLOGICAL EMBODIMENTS:: PSYCHICAL CORPOREAL PERFORMANCES OF SUBJECTIVE SPECIFIC AUTO[EROTIC)-REPRESENTATIONS
… this thesis is to juxtapose written theory with artistic practices in order to initiate, develop and represent a dialogue between subjectivity and methods of theoretical engagement. The performative negotiation between the embodied experience of the practitioner and the investigative forms …
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Watery bodies, natures mortes, lost backgrounds and decapitated heads: contemporary painting practice in the Anthropocene
… I expand the still life genre and depart from artistic practices that default to landscape, site, environment and place when responding to the concept of the Anthropocene. To sidestep the Anthropocene's scalar vastness, abstraction and representational obstacles, I locate practice within an …
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TRICKSTERS OF THE SPECTATORial The decolonial proposals of performance artivism through the encounters with La Pocha Nostra and Freddie Mercado
… From these complex hyper-othering performance practices I research the social implications on the spectatorial at a local and global level. The artistic proposals discussed are focused under the decolonial lens and researched as practices that make possible the co-creation of decolonial …
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