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Fragments of modernity, shadows of the gothic : questions of representation and perception in William Kentridge's "I am not me, the horse is not mine" (2008)
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Contemporary South African artist William Kentridge’s experimentation with the visual strategies of European modernism and nineteenth-century optical devices, particularly the fragmented figure and shadow ...
Performing the self : autobiography, narrative, image and text in self-representations
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)
This research follows the assumption that the notion of performativity can be applied to the visual construction of identity within art-making discourse in order to explore the contingent and mutable nature of identity in ...
The floating city : carnival, Cape Town and the queering of space
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)
In this thesis I examine the phenomenon of carnival for its corporeal and spatial expressions
of fluid identity formations. The visual constitution of multiple gay/queer identities during
carnival is commonly regarded ...
Designing in-between : an experimental research process
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This work explores alternative ways of doing research within the field of art and design; ways that
respect complexity and acknowledge the expansive, relational and performative nature of signifi-
cation ...
Hiding in plain sight : subjectivity, mimetic representation & the digital realm
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study offers a critical exploration of the ways in which Jean Baudrillard’s theory of the simulacrum is ‘true’ or viable as a theory of representation in contemporary visual culture, with particular ...
Representations of excess in relation to the body in a selection of contemporary visual artworks
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates forms of excess in representations of the body in specific
examples of contemporary visual art in South Africa and internationally. Representations of
excess are phenomena ...
'n Weg na betekenis : 'n gevallestudie van letterlike en figuurlike ikonografie van Bybelse eksegese
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis comprises a critical analysis of the relationship between form and function in
contemporary iconography that contains religious themes. From the theoretical stance of Visual
Culture iconography ...
Op soek na nuwe roetes : persoonlike versamelings as kartering van 'n self
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a personal, poststructuralist study of the researcher’s mapping of the self. The researcher
refers to her art practice as an action of research and at the same time, a process of reality ...
Illustrating autobiography : rearticulating representations of self in Bitterkomix and the visual journal
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis explores an analysis of autobiographical illustration, as it relates directly
to autobiographical devices employed in Bitterkomix and my own visual journals. The
result is a practitioner-specific ...
The making of the maker : a practice-based exploration into the process of signification as a mutually constitutive process for artist and artwork
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis is a practice-based investigation into the mutual coming into being of artist
and artwork within the process of signification as described by Julia Kristeva. The
investigation is done from ...