Locating interiority: text, image, identity, and the domestic

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2008-01-21
Authors
Cunniffe, Paula Marie
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Robertson, Natalie
Fitchett, Dale
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Thesis
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Master of Arts in Art and Design
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Auckland University of Technology
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This thesis investigates ideas of interiority and thought in relation to the building of self identity. I express them through the visual means of text and photography, resulting in a conceptual self-portrait by way of installation. Concerned with what thought terrain might look like and the way information perceived though the senses is stored, I explore the overdetermined evidence provoked by the unconscious. By the study of my own inner monologue in response to everyday rituals, I bring attention to the fragmented and overwhelming anxieties, fears, associations and fabrications of the mind - moments that often go unnoticed, but help concretize my experience of being in the world. The thesis is made up of 80% practice and 20% written exegesis.

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Interior , Self identity , Monologue , Narrative , Methodology
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