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Title: Ariadne’s Thread - memory, interconnection and the poetic in contemporary art
Authors: Fries, Katherine
Keywords: contemporary art
Ariadne’s thread
poetic
memory
interconnection
sculpture
painting
installation
photography
Kath Fries
drawing
The Greek myth of Ariadne’s thread
The metaphor of the labyrinth
Threads, webs and narratives
The Fates of ancient Greece
Spiderwoman creation myths
Louise Bourgeois
Eva Hesse
Tracing scars, cracks and ruptures
Doris Salcedo
Lucio Fontana
Richard Tuttle
Interwoven Memories
Mona Hatoum
Simone Mangos
Witnessing time in a reflection of nature
Anya Gallaccio
Yoshihiro Suda
the everyday in contemporary art
slumbering artwork
Life-support
Dancing with Silence
Shibboleth
Wall whispers
Unfurl
I wanted to tell you
To have and to hold
Mirror, Mirror
Encroach
Issue Date: 16-Nov-2009
Publisher: University of Sydney.
Sydney College of the Arts
Abstract: This Dissertation explores the metaphor of Ariadne’s thread in terms of interconnection, when an element from the everyday is used as a locus linking broader concepts of time and space. Such experiences and associations are reflected in the work of Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, Doris Salcedo, Lucio Fontana, Richard Tuttle, Mona Hatoum, Simone Mangos, Anya Gallaccio and Yoshihiro Suda. In relation to my own work, the metaphor of interconnecting thread allows a sense of freedom and journey of discovery. My studio and related research are closely aligned in developing my understanding of interconnection, through my studio process of making and continuing experiences of looking at and interpreting others artists’ work.
Description: Master of Visual Arts
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5709
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01-K-Fries-2008-MVA.pdfIntroduction and Table of contents170.2 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
02-K-Fries-2008-MVA.pdfChapter 1: A thread in the labyrinth, reflecting on Ariadne’s tale870.78 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
03-K-Fries-2008-MVA.pdfChapter 2: Threads, webs and narratives778.68 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
04-K-Fries-2008-MVA.pdfChapter 3: Tracing scars, cracks and ruptures766.28 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
05-K-Fries-2008-MVA.pdfChapter 4: Interwoven Memories1.14 MBAdobe PDFView/Open
07-K-Fries-2008-MVA.pdfConclusion, Appendix, Bibliography780.28 kBAdobe PDFView/Open
06-K-Fries-2008-MVA.pdfChapter 5: Witnessing time in a reflection of nature897.08 kBAdobe PDFView/Open

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