Essays about: "Contemporary art"
Showing result 31 - 35 of 196 essays containing the words Contemporary art.
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31. Fiat lux: An analysis of light art through objecthood and embodied simulation, reflecting on the conceptuality and corporeality of the artistic medium
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : Though established as a movement and recognised as artistic form, light art remains elusive and somewhat enigmatic in its definitions and categorisations. This thesis aims to contribute to the current discourse on light art by exploring the application of objecthood and embodied simulation whilst acknowledging the contextual, three-dimensional, spectacular, and anti-art qualities of the art form. READ MORE
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32. What does memory look like?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : What does memory look like? explores whether a nordic collective and cultural memory can be observed through carefully selected artworks created by five contemporary Nordic artists. Leveraging the theoretical collective/communicative and cultural memory frameworks of Professor of English and Literary Studies Aleida Assman, and Professor of Cultural Studies Jan Assman. READ MORE
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33. Zooësis and Contemporary Art : Animal, Plant, and Machine Ontologies: Art Representations Beyond the Human
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : What does it mean to take Animals, Plants, and Machines seriously when engaging in hybrid natures such as bioart, plant-art, taxidermy art and cyborgs in contemporary art? Traditionally within art history the focus has been on human culture as the fundamental underpinning for cultural behaviour and productions, consequently rendering animal and plant histories invisible from the analysis of artworks. In this thesis I attend to the bodies of animals, plants, and machines put in the context of the zooësis (places/contact zones) of these bodies as biopolitical aesthetics (aesthetic bodies/objects) in contemporary art. READ MORE
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34. Art Class Stinks : Exploring Olfactory Interaction Design and Its Potential to Enrich Learning in Art Education
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The sense of smell is crucial to everyday activities that make life pleasurable, such as eating, and it is also key to detecting danger, such as fire or rotten food. In addition, it is strongly linked with memory retrieval, it can induce affective states, and may even enhance the sense of presence in immersive environments. READ MORE
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35. Curating contemporary art, the city and the fl�neur : A walk through Bruges and its Triennial
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : Discovering the city of Bruges through the lens of its Triennial is the starting point to research the potential for contemporary art to influence one?s way of experiencing the city. Taking the case study of a still not so renowned large-scale event like the Bruges Triennial, this thesis investigates the background of this recurring event, how it started, the evolution of its curatorial process and its socio-political challenges being set, every three years, in the context of a Unesco-protected site. READ MORE
