I've been thinking about the sun lately : a painterly exploration of place, time and ecology : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington New Zealand
| dc.contributor.author | Morris, Mia Toni | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-05-25T21:26:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-05-25T21:26:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.description | Figure by Christian Dimick is re-used with permission. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | This Exegesis discusses a range of painterly and sculptural installations that inform and explore time, sunlight, ecology and the importance of place. I use abstraction and post minimalism’s emphasis on materiality, site and colour as a method of making, thinking and inquiring. This project is openly precarious and intentionally focused on subtleties. I am interested in translating the critical and often poetic experience of living on the South Coast of Te Whanganui-a-Tara, in Tapu Te Ranga, Island Bay into forms that open a greater understanding and awareness of place, mindset, and behaviour. It is grounded in the spaces I occupy: observing and analysing the nuanced and changing conditions of place, in light of the climate crisis. These installations are located in relation to other artists, writers, poets, and philosophers, finding a common thread of environmental concerns, and an awareness of self, place and time. While importantly exploring art and writing as a way of understanding and connecting sustainably and consciously to our immediate surroundings. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/18255 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Massey University | en |
| dc.rights | The Author | en |
| dc.subject.anzsrc | 360602 Fine arts | en |
| dc.title | I've been thinking about the sun lately : a painterly exploration of place, time and ecology : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington New Zealand | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| massey.contributor.author | Morris, Mia Toni | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Fine Arts | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Fine Arts (MFA) | en |