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Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice
Thesis (MA(VA))--Stellenbosch University, 2018.
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| author | Fourie, Martha Elizabeth |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/103364 Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice Fourie, Martha Elizabeth Kaden, Marthie Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. Environmentalism in art Ecology in art Ecology in art -- Exhibitions Dark ecology theory UCTD Animism in art Thesis (MA(VA))--Stellenbosch University, 2018. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The thesis follows my practice based research process as a visual communication designer concerned with visualising deep ecological thought. Throughout this thesis, I apply Timothy Morton’s dark ecology theory that argues that an awareness of negativity and tragic melancholy is necessary in order to understand our current ecological climate. This mood is integral to closing the gap between internal human involvement and the supposed external environment. The first section Animism - from deep roots to dark loops is devoted to a theoretical unpacking of animism as a dark contested theory in relation to the darkness of our present ecology in crisis. In the second section, Aesthetic animism, I discuss my own creative practice as an expression of ecological thought supported by an animist mode of perceiving. Animism is unpacked as an outsider philosophy joins forces with working with waste matter in my art-design practice, more specifically the excrement of the ocean. This text incorporates a synergy between knowledge and visuality, text and designed objects as a means of practicing ecological literacy. In order to aid the ecology in crisis this text argues for a renewed, modest, prophetic kinship with our environment, that extends a hand towards non-human agents including the earth within a practice based research process in the realm of visual arts. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen opsomming beskikbaar Masters 2018-02-13T08:24:35Z 2018-04-09T06:54:08Z 2018-02-13T08:24:35Z 2018-04-09T06:54:08Z 2018-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103364 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 68 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Environmentalism in art Ecology in art Ecology in art -- Exhibitions Dark ecology theory UCTD Animism in art Fourie, Martha Elizabeth Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice |
| title | Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice |
| title_full | Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice |
| title_fullStr | Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice |
| title_short | Redrawing ecology : dark ecological thought in art-design practice |
| title_sort | redrawing ecology dark ecological thought in art design practice |
| topic | Environmentalism in art Ecology in art Ecology in art -- Exhibitions Dark ecology theory UCTD Animism in art |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/103364 |
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