Furnishing a narrative : [an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Design at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand]
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2013
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Massey University
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‘Furnishing a Narrative’ is a contribution to the philosophy of furniture. The research
employs a materially developed approach to philosophical exploration articulated in
a particularly poetic guise. The philosophical texts of Gaston Bachelard are physically
manifested in the form of 1:1 material makings, with Bachelard’s ‘Nests’ providing (or
furnishing) the theoretical underpinning for this project, the first thread in binding
its structure.As key concepts, ‘inhabitation’, ‘furnishing’, ‘trace’ and ‘memory’ are
reflected upon collectively to construct an interrogation of the interior. These concepts
speak to the phenomenology of the home, commenting on presence and absence, or
rather presence in absence.
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Criticism and interpretation, Sophie Norris, Gaston Bachelard, Poétique de l'espace, Furniture in art, Furniture, Philosophy