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Potentialities of the Enigmatic Art-Object

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Date

2013

Authors

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Braddock, Chris
Jervis, Ian
Thomson, Andy

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Thesis

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Master of Art and Design

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Auckland University of Technology

Abstract

This project explores the idea of the enigma in relation to the art-object; the enigmatic art-object. The enigma opens up questions rather than gives answers and as such remains inconclusive. Because of its indefinable nature the enigmatic art-object embodies multiple modes of absence. These absences are discussed in relation to the idea of potential, which is considered as a faculty or force that gestures forth participation. Thus, this absent presence becomes the fuel for a multitude of operations that play out potentiality in an encounter between viewer and art-object. This project examines how the enigmatic art-object might enable this force and become an abundant source of fuel that remains mobile and productive.

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Potentiality, Enigma, Part-object, Absence, Indefinable, Participation, Operation, Handmade

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https://hdl.handle.net/10292/5980

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