Carnival Land: A Performance of Metaphors
Carnival Land: A Performance of Metaphors
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Date
2011
Authors
Tavares, Tatiana
Supervisor
Ings, Welby
Item type
Thesis
Degree name
Master of Art and Design
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Publisher
Auckland University of Technology
Abstract
"Carnival Land" is a body of work formatted as a graphic novel that weaves together photomontage and storytelling. Based on my recent experiences as an immigrant to New Zealand, it provides a fictional narrative in metaphors. The story tells of the trials and eventual transformation of a young girl in a foreign land, where aspirations appear as costumes in an annual Carnival parade. The work is conceived as a transformative journey where bricolaged identity plays out in theatricised environments. Using autoethnography as a methodological framework, the resulting novel is a creative orchestration of bilinguality, metaphor and theatricised multi-page spreads.
[Note: the novel is embargoed until 31 March 2015]
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Keywords
Carnival , Immigration , Bricolage , Rites of passage , Theater , Performance , Metaphor , Identity , Transformative journey , Narrative , Story telling , Autoethonography , Heuristics , Reflexive , Graphic design , Photomontage , Illustration