Unorthodox Methods of Spatial Enquiry Within Contemporary Art Practice
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Ulster
Department Name: Sch of Art & Design
Abstract
This practice-led PhD investigates how experimental film-based spatial practices are responding to and re-authoring the temporal (and spatial) qualities of place. Employing
Schmidt di Friedberg's readings on spatial disorientation as a means of framing such praxes, I will work with early film-making strategies, photochemical technologies and on-location approaches, as the basis of a practice that negotiates the representation and materiality of place, exploring the possibilities of dislocation and duality, to recast the placial subject. Born in the Southern Hemisphere with European ancestry, coastal locations of Ireland and my home island, Tasmania, will serve as antipodal sites to orientate this research.
Schmidt di Friedberg's readings on spatial disorientation as a means of framing such praxes, I will work with early film-making strategies, photochemical technologies and on-location approaches, as the basis of a practice that negotiates the representation and materiality of place, exploring the possibilities of dislocation and duality, to recast the placial subject. Born in the Southern Hemisphere with European ancestry, coastal locations of Ireland and my home island, Tasmania, will serve as antipodal sites to orientate this research.