Essays about: "the essay of art"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 165 essays containing the words the essay of art.

1. 1. Konst – ett verktyg för att appropriera rum

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Oskar Blomé; [2023]
   Keywords : appropriation; konst; deltagande; planering;

   Abstract : Kan konst användas som ett verktyg för att bidra till att medborgare känner större tillhörighet i sin närmiljö, och i så fall hur? För att skapa tillhörighet i sin närmiljö bör medborgare appropriera den. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka på vilka sätt konst har använts av konstnärer tillsammans med medborgare för att appropriera rum, samt att se vilka positiva och negativa sidor konst har som verktyg för att appropriera rum. READ MORE

3. 2. The Game Of Nudity on Instagram: Four case studies about art and censorship

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sabine Svensson; [2023]
   Keywords : Agency; actor-network theory; art history; censorship; feminist studies; Instagram; the male gaze; nudity; pornography; Agens; aktör-nätverksteori; konstvetenskap; censur; feministiska studier; Instagram; den manliga blicken; nakenhet; pornografi;

   Abstract : The aim for this essay is, along with the four included case studies, is to examine the social media platform, Instagram's strict guidelines when it comes to showing nudity.  On the platform there is a certain double standard, artists as well as art institutions are censored, that is, they get pictures removed or their accounts blocked when they try to show works that have nudity depicted, but at the same time nudity exists on the platform, this essay wants to highlight the double standard by setting the example that images from accounts of celebrities, which show as much nudity as a work of art, if not more, are allowed to be available on the social platform. READ MORE

4. 3. Not just an object : Representation, disruption, and intention in contemporary art using human remains

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Mård; [2023]
   Keywords : Human remains; representation; contemporary art; disruption; material; intention; bodies; proper care; subject object; self;

   Abstract : This essay explores the instances in which human remains were used as material for contemporary artworks. Partly, the aim of the research is to find out why these materials are used and why it is important for the intended purpose of the artist that they do so. READ MORE

5. 4. The Femme Fatale: An Analysis of the Archetype’s Remediation From Visual Arts to TikTok

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Elias Wilmenius Hillman; Rebecka Linde Wåhlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Femme Fatale; Remediation; TikTok; Visual Arts; Archetypes; Male Gaze; Performativity;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate how cultural symbols are influenced during their remediation to social media platforms. As a case to explore this, this study delves into an examination of the remediation of the Femme Fatale archetype from the visual art tradition to the social media platform TikTok. READ MORE

6. 5. A sexual Series: Visningsex

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen Konsthögskolan

   Author : Eva-Marie/Emie Elg; [2023]
   Keywords : Fri Konst; Posthumanism; sexbot; Futurism; AI punk; Cyborg Drag; Asexuality;

   Abstract : The art series A Sexual Series is based on posthumanist theory and asexual experience. Shapes of performative alter egos materialized from a queer cyborg position of technologically enhanced crip experiences (the strong symbolical constructing process of straightening scoliosis surgery). READ MORE