Tutorial: feedback on the first draft of Critical Review as of Wednesday, 27/09/2023 My tutor suggested I look at my research question and share a clear sense of this from the title to the artist and theories I discuss. At this stage, the essay needs rootedness and ownership. Structure and clarity are essential to consider. […]
EXERCISE 2. BRINGING THINGS TOGETHER. FIRST FULL DRAFT Contextual Study (5000 word count, currently on 4790) and considering style and toneExploring how theories around interconnectedness (entanglement?) with nature can open new ideas for making in a contemporary art practice I will present this as a Word document for my tutor to annotate. I am unhappy […]
What is UBUNTU: It is considered a cornerstone of all African values and a significant concept in African humanism. It entails communal personhood as well as collective morality. My understanding is that in its essence, Ubuntu emphasises the interconnectedness and interdependence of all people. It is about compassion, kindness, community collaboration, cooperation, support and respect). […]
I need to consider my body of work, which I am doing in Fine Art 3: Advanced Practice, and reflect on it for the contextual study. Then, I can test whether it integrates elements from my Research course. Research Question: Consider how theories around interconnectedness can open new ideas for making in a contemporary art […]
AGENCY = According to Karen Barad “agency is not held, it is not a property of persons or things; rather, agency is an enactment, a matter of possibilities for reconfiguring entanglements. So agency is not about choice in any liberal humanist sense; rather, it is about the possibilities and accountability entailed in reconfiguring material-discursive apparatuses […]
I am busy with my draft and will also use the blog to reflect on my progress in order to refine the research question (s) and developing longer pieces of text that articulate and support my position – the idea to get to a critical investigation. I am building up my bibliography and keeping in […]
“The Arc de Triomphe is taken away from our gaze and at the same time overexposed to our gaze. This subtraction and this overexposure lie at the core of the work. Thank you, Christo, for offering us the gift of looking in another way, in a new way, at masterpieces built by other artists.” […]
I looked at an article written by Graeme Sullivan, Research Acts in Art Practice (2006) What intrigued me is that he refers to a question arts-based researchers have: Can artistic forms be used as the basis for educational inquiry.? and What kind of research acts are characteristic of, and familiar to, art inquiry and art […]
These notes were important when I looked at Project 1 in terms of developing an argument or position. I read a pdf by Tim Ingold, Lines, a brief history (2007). In Chapter Two, I found a drawing by his father, C.T. Ingold, which shows Fungal mycelium. Ingold reminds us that much of the lines of […]
I am referred back to the book, Critical Thinking Skills around how arguments are stated by considering questions to test their position. Looking for intentionality to persuade due to vested interest is essential. I would say that most views would have some form of biased in terms of political, cultural or ideological perspectives. I think […]