In lizard years I was 52 : wearing, writing, becoming other : [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 | Collier, Kathleen Mary | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-08-17T22:54:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-08-17T22:54:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | No abstract: Excerpt from introduction: "For three months between the Thursday that was the 29th of May and the 1st of September 2014, I went about my usual activities dressed as a lizard. I did not have a lizard’s tail or claws, only scales. I wore a jumpsuit I had sewn all over in sequins, transforming my surface. Sometimes my appearance was likened to a fish, or mermaid. The creature appeared indeterminate, but a fantasy of being lizard occupied my thoughts. As lizard I worked my part-time job at a café. Went to classes at university. Walked around the city. Every day for three months it was my dress, both costume, and uniform. It was washed once a week and repaired as required. It was not used to sleep in, but was worn everywhere else. At night it hung on two coat-hooks on the back of my bedroom door. The wearing of it cast coloured reflections over my everyday routine. Inhabiting an idea of a creature very different from human serves as a catalyst for becoming-other, a process that entails a deterritorialisation of the self, which is the undoing of both subjectivity and signification. The desire to become-other engages Derrida’s (2006) claim that ‘the human is the animal at unease with itself.’" | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/6959 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massey University | en_US |
| dc.rights | The Author | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lizard costume | en_US |
| dc.subject | Dress and identity | en_US |
| dc.title | In lizard years I was 52 : wearing, writing, becoming other : [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 | Collier, Kathleen Mary | en_US |
| 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 |
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