Show : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

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Show : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

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These videos are what is left following a failure to develop a net art performance practice grounded in trauma as a conceptual apparatus. I had hoped that this series would lead to a performance event that would respond to Hal Foster’s contextualization of the Real in contemporary surrealism. Some clarification on my departures from Foster’s ideas are in order, since he is a critical theorist antipathetic towards performance – my intention was to create a piece that contextualizes while disma...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

Tan, Ray Tat

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/7133

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Psychic trauma in art / Performance art / Traumatic performance / Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Art

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