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Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis interrogates my own memory in order to illustrate its fragmented and unstable nature. I revisit a specific childhood memory and attempt to recreate it visually through the creation of jewellery pieces. However, the unattainability of a consistent memory becomes incre...
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| author | Groenewald, Joani |
| author2 | Veldsman, Nanette |
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| description | ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis interrogates my own memory in order to illustrate its fragmented and unstable
nature. I revisit a specific childhood memory and attempt to recreate it visually through the
creation of jewellery pieces. However, the unattainability of a consistent memory becomes
increasingly evident in the process of its externalization. My work thus speaks of the
unravelling of memory, as well as the piecing together and imagining of a new memory. This
thesis and my practical work are an exploration of this ambivalent nature of memory. Even
though memory is concerned with the past, it is also about the present as our memories can
also be manipulated by present prejudices. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/96841 Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory Groenewald, Joani Veldsman, Nanette Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. Memory in art Jewelry in art Mnemonics UCTD ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis interrogates my own memory in order to illustrate its fragmented and unstable nature. I revisit a specific childhood memory and attempt to recreate it visually through the creation of jewellery pieces. However, the unattainability of a consistent memory becomes increasingly evident in the process of its externalization. My work thus speaks of the unravelling of memory, as well as the piecing together and imagining of a new memory. This thesis and my practical work are an exploration of this ambivalent nature of memory. Even though memory is concerned with the past, it is also about the present as our memories can also be manipulated by present prejudices. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis ondersoek my eie geheue met die doel om die onstabiele en gefragmenteerde aard daarvan uit te wys. Ek verwys na ‘n spesifieke herinnering van my kinderdae en poog om dit visueel uit te beeld deur die maak van juweelstukke. Die onbekombaarheid van ‘n konstante geheue word egter al hoe duideliker wanneer ek my herinneringe visueel probeer uitbeeld. My werk demonstreer die ontrafeling van my herinnering en die konstruksie en verbeelding van ‘n nuwe herinnering. Hierdie tesis en my praktiese werk dui op die ondersoek van die wispilturige aard van die geheue. Hoewel herinneringe en die geheue te make het met die verlede, het dit egter ook te make met die hede, aangesien die hede ons herinneringe van die verlede kan manipuleer om aktuele behoeftes te bevredig. Masters 2015-05-20T09:27:52Z 2015-05-20T09:27:52Z 2015-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96841 en_ZA Stellenbosch University 114 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Memory in art Jewelry in art Mnemonics UCTD Groenewald, Joani Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory |
| title | Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory |
| title_full | Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory |
| title_fullStr | Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory |
| title_short | Fragmented mnemonics : an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory |
| title_sort | fragmented mnemonics an investigation into contemporary jewellery as means of externalizing memory |
| topic | Memory in art Jewelry in art Mnemonics UCTD |
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