A Contemporary Feminine Divine: utilising female presentation in Grecian Myth to articulate a deeper understanding of home and the domestic

<b>Lote (<i>intransitive, archaic</i>) To lurk; lie hidden</b><br/><br/>This written accompaniment to the exhibition Lote also by the author, examines<br/>female representation within Greek myths as a means of reclaiming the body as<br/>home. In it, the author examines how the use of these myths might help the reader to<br/>connect with their inner domestic space—the internal liminal space in our bodies and<br/>minds that shifts and alters in order to manifest the essence of someplace safe,<br/>nourishing, and sheltered. Using an autoethnographic methodology, the author<br/>discusses their own experiences in this field addressing exposure of retained trauma<br/>in the body, and how one might through the observation, abstraction, and creation of<br/>a mythic and divine self, be able to reclaim an inner sense of secure self-identity and<br/>safety. Using secondary sources of classicists and scholars, myths and plays, and<br/>contemporary artists, the author translates the feeling of disturbance/comfort,<br/>uncanny/nourishment, and captivity/autonomy into an experiential guide to aid them<br/>in the discovery of home as self.<br/>This paper can be read alongside the exhibition, and supplementary images have<br/>been included at the end of the text for those unable to attend. The exhibition itself<br/>consists of a series of twelve printed images, two projected images, six heather<br/>sculptures, thirty poems across paper and candles, eight weavings, and some 400+<br/>ceramic figures. Bookending the exhibition is a live performance, in which the author/<br/>artist sits in the centre of the room and weaves. The artworks and following words<br/>are intended as a way of considering what it might mean to delve into the self,<br/>reestablish a connection with Hestia, the Greek goddess of hearth and home, and<br/>accept oneself as a divine mythic being.

Name dc:type.qualificationname

Master of Research (awarded by UHI)

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Master's Thesis

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

University of the Highlands and Islands

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Moffat-Hardy, Holly

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Jennings, Andrew

Language dc:language

eng

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