The cannibals' banquet

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dc.contributor.advisorLangerman, Frithaen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorAlexander, Janeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorGrobler, Isabelle Christineen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-27T09:59:26Z
dc.date.available2015-01-27T09:59:26Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this project I have attempted to determine and analyse my own "mechanisms of filtering, selecting and assembling" (Hoptman 2007: 128). The cannibals' banquet consists of a practical body of work and an artist's book. The function of the artist's book is to contextualise my creative practice within a theoretical and historical context. My area of interest is assemblage and its relation to consumption. A primary attribute of consumption is that it is premised upon the creation of a constant desire for new things. The corollary of this process is a mass of obsolete or 'dead' objects, which are discarded to make room for these recent acquisitions, ending up in scrap yards, second hand shops and flea markets. My interest is in what I perceive as an integral relationship between the origins and development of assemblage and that of a consumer society, since both function within object relations. With object relations I mean the interaction between people and objects as although objects themselves are lifeless, the relationship between an object and a person is animated through the assignment of meaning to an object by a person. In this sense the object stands in relation to the person who projects certain attributes onto it as the carrier of such meanings. The same object could conceivably hold completely different meanings assigned to it by different individuals at the same time.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationGrobler, I. C. (2012). <i>The cannibals' banquet</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12322en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationGrobler, Isabelle Christine. <i>"The cannibals' banquet."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12322en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGrobler, I. 2012. The cannibals' banquet. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Grobler, Isabelle Christine AB - In this project I have attempted to determine and analyse my own "mechanisms of filtering, selecting and assembling" (Hoptman 2007: 128). The cannibals' banquet consists of a practical body of work and an artist's book. The function of the artist's book is to contextualise my creative practice within a theoretical and historical context. My area of interest is assemblage and its relation to consumption. A primary attribute of consumption is that it is premised upon the creation of a constant desire for new things. The corollary of this process is a mass of obsolete or 'dead' objects, which are discarded to make room for these recent acquisitions, ending up in scrap yards, second hand shops and flea markets. My interest is in what I perceive as an integral relationship between the origins and development of assemblage and that of a consumer society, since both function within object relations. With object relations I mean the interaction between people and objects as although objects themselves are lifeless, the relationship between an object and a person is animated through the assignment of meaning to an object by a person. In this sense the object stands in relation to the person who projects certain attributes onto it as the carrier of such meanings. The same object could conceivably hold completely different meanings assigned to it by different individuals at the same time. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - The cannibals' banquet TI - The cannibals' banquet UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12322 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12322
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationGrobler IC. The cannibals' banquet. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12322en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Arten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherFine Arten_ZA
dc.titleThe cannibals' banqueten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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