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Playing the Fool

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posted on 2020-08-13, 04:52 authored by ARLO FREY MOUNTFORD
This research project uses Walter Benjamin’s theories concerning the constellation and now-time (jetztzeit) within the context of Benjamin’s description of the historicist and the historical materialist found in Benjamin’s Theses on the Philosophy of History (1940). It seeks to use these theories as a methodological approach to art making. It will compare the historical materialist methodology with the art practice of Louise Lawler (amongst others) and look at how a similar methodology functions in my own practice. This methodological approach operates from an intentional position of unknowing, a position I describe as ‘playing the fool’. This self-reflexive process involves the development of a network of references which question the systemic apparatus which supports art making, the viewer and the exhibition context.

History

Campus location

Australia

Principal supervisor

Callum Morton

Additional supervisor 1

Jan Bryant

Year of Award

2020

Department, School or Centre

Fine Art

Additional Institution or Organisation

MADA

Course

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Type

DOCTORATE

Faculty

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture