The Visceral Metaphor: A Contemplation on the Invaded Self

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The Visceral Metaphor: A Contemplation on the Invaded Self

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Auckland University of Technology

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Tuwhera

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This practice-led thesis explores the disruptive metaphor in relation to ideas of loss, irresolution and the photographic. It is centred around the researcher’s experience of a home invasion. Through the process of grief, the body is considered for its expressive, visceral and morphological properties. In photographic prints and moving image sequences, enigmatic metaphors operate as an extension of the corporeal. In the spatio-temporal dimension of the work, images are constructed (and decons...

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Research paper

Research format

Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2013

Creator

Miller, Leanne Margaret

URL

https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/handle/10292/6731

Related subjects

Virtually Still / Objects of Mourning / Enigma / Metaphor / Grief / Loss / Mourning / Home Invasion / Photography / Moving Image / Visceral / Moving Still / Disruption / Spatio-temporal / Invaded Self / Autobiography / Violation / Heuristic inquiry / Recollection

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