Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge

dc.contributor.advisorCampbell, Kurt
dc.contributor.advisorMahashe George
dc.contributor.authorHassim, Kamil
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-11T14:33:43Z
dc.date.available2024-03-11T14:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2024-03-11T14:30:19Z
dc.description.abstractTwo Zen monks upon hearing a wind bell ringing: “ The Master asks: ‘What makes the sound? Does the bell make the sound or the wind make the sound?' The student answers: ‘My mind makes the sound, because the wind causes the bell to strike and vibrate the air, but there is no sound until that vibration reaches my ear and is interpreted by the mind. Sound exists thus only inside of our mind.' The Master says this is not true: ‘Even if my mind is working, if the wind does not blow, the bell does not shake, and the air does not vibrate – then there is no sound. In reality, they are all making the sound. There is no subject who listens and no sound that is heard, but the entire universe is making the sound through this person. This is total dynamic function.1' – Zen koan from Master Dogēn's Shobogenzo (Cross & Nishijima, 2006) The attached document is the digital library submission for the text which accompanies my MFA body of work. The works I create explore modes of investigation and knowledge in a histor- ical, contemporary and futurist setting. Taking the form of sonic sculptures, instruments, visuals, videos and performance pieces, I consider the artworks as philosophical larynxes2. I used the project to explore how art can be a tool to seek and represent information about certain experiences in my social world and how an individual path of healing through artistic practice is possible and can be realised in the exhibition
dc.identifier.apacitationHassim, K. (2023). <i>Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39243en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHassim, Kamil. <i>"Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39243en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHassim, K. 2023. Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge. . ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39243en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hassim, Kamil AB - Two Zen monks upon hearing a wind bell ringing: “ The Master asks: ‘What makes the sound? Does the bell make the sound or the wind make the sound?' The student answers: ‘My mind makes the sound, because the wind causes the bell to strike and vibrate the air, but there is no sound until that vibration reaches my ear and is interpreted by the mind. Sound exists thus only inside of our mind.' The Master says this is not true: ‘Even if my mind is working, if the wind does not blow, the bell does not shake, and the air does not vibrate – then there is no sound. In reality, they are all making the sound. There is no subject who listens and no sound that is heard, but the entire universe is making the sound through this person. This is total dynamic function.1' – Zen koan from Master Dogēn's Shobogenzo (Cross &amp; Nishijima, 2006) The attached document is the digital library submission for the text which accompanies my MFA body of work. The works I create explore modes of investigation and knowledge in a histor- ical, contemporary and futurist setting. Taking the form of sonic sculptures, instruments, visuals, videos and performance pieces, I consider the artworks as philosophical larynxes2. I used the project to explore how art can be a tool to seek and represent information about certain experiences in my social world and how an individual path of healing through artistic practice is possible and can be realised in the exhibition DA - 2023 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Fine Art LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2023 T1 - Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge TI - Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39243 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/39243
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHassim K. Improvisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Michaelis School of Fine Art, 2023 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/39243en_ZA
dc.language.rfc3066eng
dc.publisher.departmentMichaelis School of Fine Art
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanities
dc.subjectFine Art
dc.titleImprovisation and Healing: Wayfinding as a praxis of knowledge
dc.typeThesis / Dissertation
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationlevelMA
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