Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance
| dc.contributor.advisor | Fleishman, Mark | |
| dc.contributor.author | Isaacs, Iman | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-26T06:46:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-08-26T06:46:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-08-23T09:48:19Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study employs Jean-Paul Sartre’s theories of the ‘analogon’ and the imaging consciousness to develop the relationship between body and object in mask performance (Sartre, 1948:23). I suggest that the idea of the analogon allows for the body to be extended through, or invested into, objects to make new bodies (Shephard 2006: 150). These new bodies can possess multiple functions, when in relation to one another, one of which is to create metaphorical imagery which aids the development of story in the audience’s imaging consciousness. The study proposes that the analogon has the ability to pull the audience’s consciousness into a space that lies between the real and the fantastical, a space that can be defined as the imaginary. Furthermore, the study explores the idea that the combination of the imaging consciousness, the analogon and mask technique, through improvisational play, via negativa and transposition, can be utilized as a methodology towards developing the physical body as a mode of communication. This methodology extends the relationship between bodies and non-bodies (Shephard, 2006: 150) in mask performance, and uses this as a means of generating metaphorical images in order to make the imaginary world (which I refer to as story) come alive in the audience’s imaging consciousness | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Isaacs, I. (2019). <i>Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30512 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Isaacs, Iman. <i>"Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30512 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Isaaca, I. 2019. Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Isaacs, Iman AB - This study employs Jean-Paul Sartre’s theories of the ‘analogon’ and the imaging consciousness to develop the relationship between body and object in mask performance (Sartre, 1948:23). I suggest that the idea of the analogon allows for the body to be extended through, or invested into, objects to make new bodies (Shephard 2006: 150). These new bodies can possess multiple functions, when in relation to one another, one of which is to create metaphorical imagery which aids the development of story in the audience’s imaging consciousness. The study proposes that the analogon has the ability to pull the audience’s consciousness into a space that lies between the real and the fantastical, a space that can be defined as the imaginary. Furthermore, the study explores the idea that the combination of the imaging consciousness, the analogon and mask technique, through improvisational play, via negativa and transposition, can be utilized as a methodology towards developing the physical body as a mode of communication. This methodology extends the relationship between bodies and non-bodies (Shephard, 2006: 150) in mask performance, and uses this as a means of generating metaphorical images in order to make the imaginary world (which I refer to as story) come alive in the audience’s imaging consciousness DA - 2019 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Theatre and Performance LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2019 T1 - Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance TI - Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30512 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30512 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Isaacs I. Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Drama, 2019 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30512 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | Eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Drama | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.subject | Theatre and Performance | |
| dc.title | Mask Performance and The Imaging Consciousness: The relationship between body and non-body in performance | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | Master of Arts |