Conversations with strangers : performing the broom & the bricoleur

Within a workshop or studio, Bricolage is a process where the artist-as-bricoleur finds ad hoc collections of items and recombines them in unusual ways. A bricoluer uses simple tools for many tasks. This thesis considers how a contemporary bricoleur might step away from the workshop and into the everyday, taking only a broom as a familiar tool. “Conversations with strangers” performs the bricoleur at five sites, where the broom is a device that collects fragments of memories from conversations recorded there. These conversations form an inventory or collection that is a palimpsest merging human dialogue with a layer of sound from the sites as the broom sweeps. Together with the broom, these fragments are repurposed within a sculptural installation and post-studio performance of the Bricoleur.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Fine Arts

Grantor dc:publisher

Massey University

Year dc:date.issued

2015

Author dc:creator

• Doidge, Malcolm

• Doidge, Malcolm
• Criticism and interpretation
• Brooms and brushes in art
• Installations (Art)

Statement dc:rights

• The Author

Language dc:language.iso

en

Identifier

hdl:10179/7609

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