I'm going where the cold wind blows : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
| dc.contributor.author | Hadwen, W W A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-09T03:57:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-09T03:57:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "What is time without conscious perception? Quotidian spaces within seemingly lifeless environments we wouldn’t typically think to consider, are brought to light, not for their potentially sinister value, but for an appreciation of the fleeting traces of life. What small events take place that define time passing? How do we affect what we don’t consider? I am drawn to the calm of night-time, when what is left behind, the traces, become the inhabitants of these urban settings. It is what we leave behind that lingers. An idea which I have been further developing during my MFA is the notion of time-based photography, which has become the main drive of the physical processing of my art practice. This concept in particular has acted as an appliable medium which can be crafted to work with sound or silence, projection, both photographic and time-based installation and is experiential for the audience. Over the past three years I have been conducting photographic studies of these sites within urban and industrial settings, searching for mundane, generally non-specific, anonymous sites that present interestingly lit structural, textural and overall compositional properties. The work I make comes from a basis of documentative nightscape photography, while formally considering light, site, trace and time. With introduced aspects of fiction and subtle augmentations of the imagery, I simultaneously capture and create my experiences to be presented I NT RODUCT ION in an isolated, dramatised, distinctive viewing space. A large part of my work, I have found, is more instinctive and spontaneous - looking for happy coincidences. My research is centred around artworks and installations, film, music, writing and experiences which I have been inspired by, the things which I feel my work and interests resonate with and that I can often see similarities to. In July of this year I was part of a group that embarked on a European Fine Arts Study Tour while three international art events were coinciding – this only happens once a decade. 2017 was a special year too, as one of the events, Documenta 14 was split between Athens and Kassel, Germany. The tour began in Athens, then on to the Venice Biennale, followed by a short visit to Berlin. The bulk of Documenta 14 was in Kassel and we finished at Skulptur Projekte in Münster. The tour lasted twenty-one days and involved viewing a large and diverse range of artworks most days. As a result of this, I was able to see a lot of work that I connected with, recording and researching as we went. This gave me a huge range of compelling works to choose from to suit my exegesis, and has heavily impacted on my practice as an artist, both conceptually and in the physical making and installation processes. Now, more than half of my artist research and the final imagery that I intend to work with was found and made on that amazing tour. I feel that my artistic ability and self awareness has gone through a sort of metamorphosis."--Introduction | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/13592 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massey University | en_US |
| dc.rights | The Author | en_US |
| dc.subject | W W A Hadwen | en_US |
| dc.subject | Criticism and interpretation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Photography, Artistic | en_US |
| dc.subject | Time and photography | en_US |
| dc.subject | Installations (Art) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::Aesthetic subjects::Art | en_US |
| dc.title | I'm going where the cold wind blows : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| massey.contributor.author | Hadwen, W W A | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Fine Arts | en_US |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Massey University | en_US |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en_US |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Fine Arts (MFA) | en_US |
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