The night has a thousand eyes: : journeys of escape and becoming
Fry, Phoenix2024
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This exegesis discusses my studio research during my MA Fine Arts 2023-24. Ignited by trips to Singapore Zoo in early 2023, my studio production has explored human and nonhuman relationships. The boundaries between human and nonhuman provoke a sense of the uncanny. But by inviting the audience to journey beyond fear, we find that the nonhuman encounter generates tenderness and desire, and provides a vehicle for liberation. Using the logic of dreams and nightmares, as well as archetypes from mythology, film and children’s literature, my work uses methods of assemblage and appropriation to unpick and reject normative understandings of reality. The exegesis presents theoretical writings on looking at animals, psychoanalytical theory and animist thinking. It then explores three artworks - Mauruce Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr., and Wim Wenders’ Paris, Texas - to explore adult themes within children’s books, the affective power of the dream sequence, and the presentation of reality through sound and image. The exegesis concludes with a discussion of five key pieces of work, alongside a brief evaluation of the work and the final exhibition.
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Singapore : LASALLE College of the Arts, 2024
Dewey class:
759.06
Language:
English
BRN:
73528
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online Eresource | Thesis - MA Fine Arts | 759.06 PRA | Login to access |