Abstract reality: the alienating gaze

dc.contributor.author	Matheson, Clare
dc.date.accessioned	2008-04-18T01:18:35Z
dc.date.available	2008-04-18T01:18:35Z
dc.date.copyright	2007-11-06
dc.date.issued	2007-11-06
dc.description.abstract	This is a visual arts project consisting of 20% exegesis and 80% practical work. My work explores the visual possibilities of using the digital accumulation of data to convey socio-political concepts in relation to the surveillance of the individual in modern western society. The nature of surveillance is investigated with reference to Michel Foucault's metaphorical use of Jeremy Bentham's panopticon in describing the organization of society in the modern nation state. My critical interest lies in the intrusive aspect of surveillance in regard to the privacy of the individual and the concomitant sense of alienation and disempowerment. The concept of 'abstract reality' has been developed to describe the nature of the surveillance of the individual in the modern nation state.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10292/299
dc.publisher	Auckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrights	OpenAccess
dc.subject	Surveillance
dc.subject	Panopticon
dc.subject	Privacy
dc.subject	Heuristic
dc.subject	Foucault
dc.subject	Society
dc.title	Abstract reality: the alienating gaze
dc.type	Thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	School of Art and Design	en_US
thesis.degree.grantor	Auckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.level	Masters Theses
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts in Art and Design

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