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Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice
Thesis MA (VA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/130685 Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice Chowney, Zoë Terreblanche, Carine Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. Psychoanalysis and art Subconsciousness in art Jewelry -- Design Hallucinations and illusions in art Artist-designed jewelry -- 2oth century Artist-designed jewelry -- 21st century UCTD Thesis MA (VA)--Stellenbosch University, 2024. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This investigation is based on my interest, as an art jewellery designer, in how my unconscious mind can be portrayed through art jewellery as visual metaphors and influence my creative process by gaining insight into endopsychic perceptions. My research consists of a theoretical component in the form of a thesis and a practical component in the form of an exhibition. The two components mutually inform and influence each other. My research analyses the unconscious mind through my approach to an art jewellery practice and the theoretical research on the psychoanalytical theory of Sigmund Freud. I refer to Freud’s psychoanalytical theory as a starting point for my theoretical understanding and, in doing so, attempted to understand the relationship between jewellery and the human body from a psychoanalytical perspective. I combine this research with an intimate interpretation of unconscious motions through the process of my design experimentations and drawings. This forms the meaning behind material exploration and, finally, the creation of art jewellery. In the practical component of my research, I analyse my dreams through specific design and material studies to understand where illusions of the mind meet reality. The design techniques consist of controlled and uncontrolled processes, allowing an exploration of an unconscious creative practice. I take a spontaneous approach throughout my creative practice, especially during the design process and visual application of ideas. To achieve this, I start with the methods that the surrealist artists used, such as psychic automatism and dreaming. These techniques are discussed in the thesis and have inspired this investigation. In my attempt to access more of my creative potential, I integrate my knowledge based on the results of these techniques and create my methods, allowing me to access an unconscious level in my mind through metaphors. The design results are recorded and used to inspire a series of art jewellery pieces. Research Question : How can the unconscious mind be harnessed to produce visual metaphors expressed through creative jewellery practice? AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie ondersoek is gebaseer op my belangstelling, as kunsjuweliersontwerper, in hoe my onbewuste verstand 'n visuele metafoor kan word en hoe dit my kreatiewe proses kan beïnvloed deur insig in endopsigiese persepsies te verkry. My navorsing sal bestaan uit 'n teoretiese komponent in die vorm van 'n tesis en 'n praktiese komponent in die vorm van 'n uitstalling. Die twee komponente sal mekaar wedersyds toelig en beïnvloed. Die navorsing wat ek doen ontleed die onbewuste verstand deur middel van my benadering tot 'n kunsjuwelepraktyk, asook die teoretiese navorsing oor die psigoanalitiese teorie van Sigmund Freud. Ek sal na Freud se psigoanalitiese teorie verwys as 'n vertrekpunt vir my teoretiese begrip en sal poog om die verhouding tussen juweliersware en die menslike liggaam vanuit 'n psigoanalitiese perspektief te verstaan. Ek sal hierdie navorsing met 'n intieme interpretasie van onbewuste bewegings tydens die proses van my ontwerpeksperimente en tekeninge kombineer. Dit sal die betekenis vorm van materiaalverkenning en uiteindelik die skepping van kunsjuweliersware. In die praktiese komponent van my navorsing ontleed ek my drome deur gebruik te maak van spesifieke ontwerp- en materiaalstudies om te verstaan waar illusies van die gees die werklikheid ontmoet. Die ontwerpstegnieke sal bestaan uit beheerde en onbeheerde prosesse, wat 'n verkenning van 'n onbewuste kreatiewe praktyk moontlik maak. Ek sal 'n spontane benadering regdeur my kreatiewe praktyk volg, veral tydens die ontwerpsproses en visuele toepassing van idees. Om dit te behaal sal ek begin met die metodes wat deur kunstenaars van die surrealismebeweging gebruik is, soos psigiese outomatisme en die droom – hierdie tegnieke sal in die tesis bespreek word en dien as inspirasie vir hierdie ondersoek. In my poging om my kreatiewe potensiaal te bereik sal ek my kennis integreer gebaseer op die resultate van hierdie tegnieke en my skeppingsmetodes, wat my in staat sal stel om deur middel van metafore toegang tot my onbewuste te probeer kry. Die ontwerpsresultate sal aangeteken word en as inspirasie dien om 'n reeks kunsjuweliersware te maak. Masters 2024-02-12T18:11:05Z 2024-04-27T02:36:32Z 2024-02-12T18:11:05Z 2024-04-27T02:36:32Z 2024-03 Thesis https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/130685 en Stellenbosch University viii, 98 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Psychoanalysis and art Subconsciousness in art Jewelry -- Design Hallucinations and illusions in art Artist-designed jewelry -- 2oth century Artist-designed jewelry -- 21st century UCTD Chowney, Zoë Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice |
| title | Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice |
| title_full | Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice |
| title_fullStr | Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice |
| title_short | Transcending realities: the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice |
| title_sort | transcending realities the interpretation of the unconscious and dreams through art jewellery practice |
| topic | Psychoanalysis and art Subconsciousness in art Jewelry -- Design Hallucinations and illusions in art Artist-designed jewelry -- 2oth century Artist-designed jewelry -- 21st century UCTD |
| url | https://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/130685 |
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