From the Prosaic to the Poetic: Finding Pathos in the Everyday

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aut.embargoNoen_NZ
aut.thirdpc.containsYesen_NZ
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dc.contributor.advisorJansen, Monique
dc.contributor.advisorMcIntyre, Simon
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Mallory
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-18T03:08:44Z
dc.date.available2019-11-18T03:08:44Z
dc.date.copyright2019
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.updated2019-11-18T02:50:48Z
dc.description.abstractThe basis of this project is to explore how an installation-based practice may generate a combination of pathos and humour within the everyday. By examining the overlooked or mundane, I have aimed to transform the prosaic into the poetic, creating installations that echo ineffable moments. This project has investigated the way emotional connection can be conveyed within contemporary art, creating poignant intimacies between the viewer and the work. This has enabled me to explore these meaningful interactions as a felt experience and to maintain a focus on everyday objects and their emotive potential. I have analysed the affective quality of art by creating a range of small gestures that encourage a viewer to take pause and consider their emotions. I am interested in recontextualising the prosaic through a variety of practice-based methods to create an emotional bond between viewer and work. The resulting gestures have incorporated improvisational tactics and the immersive nature of contemporary installation environments. Make-shift components, ludic interventions and ready-made objects create a conversation between objects. The anthropomorphosis of these elements further inspires emotion and empathy between the viewer and the work. Reductive in nature, these components have been refined down to their simplest forms ensuring an intimate, emotional response.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/13011
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectInstallationen_NZ
dc.subjectVideoen_NZ
dc.subjectSculptureen_NZ
dc.subjectPathosen_NZ
dc.subjectHumouren_NZ
dc.subjectPoeticen_NZ
dc.subjectGriefen_NZ
dc.subjectAbsurdityen_NZ
dc.subjectFailureen_NZ
dc.subjectFutilityen_NZ
dc.subjectClicheen_NZ
dc.subjectSublimeen_NZ
dc.subjectImprovisationen_NZ
dc.subjectAnthropomorphismen_NZ
dc.subjectEverydayen_NZ
dc.subjectEmotionen_NZ
dc.subjectAffecten_NZ
dc.subjectEmpathyen_NZ
dc.subjectWonderen_NZ
dc.subjectProsaicen_NZ
dc.subjectJokesen_NZ
dc.subjectLaughteren_NZ
dc.subjectLossen_NZ
dc.subjectSurvivalen_NZ
dc.subjectPoignanten_NZ
dc.subjectMelancholyen_NZ
dc.subjectMomentsen_NZ
dc.subjectDe-skillingen_NZ
dc.subjectReadymadeen_NZ
dc.subjectWhimsyen_NZ
dc.subjectArten_NZ
dc.titleFrom the Prosaic to the Poetic: Finding Pathos in the Everydayen_NZ
dc.typeExegesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Visual Artsen_NZ
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