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Doidge, Malcolm 2016-03-17T21:47:32Z 2016-03-17T21:47:32Z 2015 http://hdl.handle.net/10179/7609 Q112908648 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112908648 Within a workshop or studio, Bricolage is a process where the artist-as-bricoleur finds ad hoc collections of items and recombines them in unusual ways. A bricoluer uses simple tools for many tasks. This thesis considers how a contemporary bricoleur might step away from the workshop and into the everyday, taking only a broom as a familiar tool. “Conversations with strangers” performs the bricoleur at five sites, where the broom is a device that collects fragments of memories from conversations recorded there. These conversations form an inventory or collection that is a palimpsest merging human dialogue with a layer of sound from the sites as the broom sweeps. Together with the broom, these fragments are repurposed within a sculptural installation and post-studio performance of the Bricoleur. en Massey University The Author Doidge, Malcolm Criticism and interpretation Brooms and brushes in art Installations (Art) Conversations with strangers : performing the broom & the bricoleur Thesis Fine Arts Massey University Masters Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Doidge, Malcolm open.access