In memory of cats : the camera and the ordinary moment : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

Korver, Ruth M.

In memory of cats : the camera and the ordinary moment : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

dc.contributor.author	Korver, Ruth M.
dc.date.accessioned	2009-07-29T20:56:31Z
dc.date.available	NO_RESTRICTION	en_US
dc.date.available	2009-07-29T20:56:31Z
dc.date.issued	2009
dc.description.abstract	In memory of cats: The camera and the ordinary moment looks at the way in which families use photographs to remember the past. Photography’s offer of memory is limited to a visual trace, so strategies of oral telling are examined to interrogate the way in which memories can be recovered from photographs. Martha Langford’s study of the similarities between structures in oral culture and the photograph album and Annette Kuhn’s strategies for reading family photographs in a broader historical context, are used to examine and recover memories from my own photographic archive. Using moving image to record those memories and then tell how that photographic evidence has shaped my present, is a process suggested by Linda Williams in her writing about how postmodern documentary can use the past to intervene in the present. Other documentary styles, performative documentary and the essay film, offer a structure for personal memories to be revisited and re-presented to public viewers. Offering a space for personal or specific memories to be understood or related to by a viewer is discussed by Lisa Saltzman, who looks at indexical forms other than the photograph, like casting and tracing. These ideas culminated in my video work, A Clowder of Cats, which explores the losses that have been a part of my history, through photographs of the cats my family has owned. The camera gives us a strategy to remember moments that may otherwise have been forgotten, and moving image provides a space for those ordinary moments to be bought back to the present.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10179/956
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Massey University	en_US
dc.rights	The Author	en_US
dc.subject	Personal memories	en_US
dc.subject	Photographs of cats	en_US
dc.subject	Video images	en_US
dc.subject	Friends and family	en_US
dc.subject.other	Fields of Research::410000 The Arts::410200 Visual Arts and Crafts Studies::410203 Photography studies	en_US
dc.title	In memory of cats : the camera and the ordinary moment : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
massey.contributor.author	Korver, Ruth M.
thesis.degree.grantor	Massey University	en_US
thesis.degree.level	Masters	en_US
thesis.degree.name	Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)	en_US