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Photography as the writing of light
(Bilkent University, 2000)
The purpose of this study is to investigate certain critical approaches to
photography and to try to make a re-reading of photographic images, with
pursuing some of the reading strategies that French philosopher ...
Graphic images: visual intervention within the architectural environment
(Bilkent University, 1993)
The intention of this study is to analyze the role of visual
communication systems made up of graphic images within the
human-space communication framework. The information content of
the man-made environment is examined ...
A historical comparative analysis of family images in "detergent" "soft drink" and "margarine" advertisements on Turkish television
(Bilkent University, 2004)
“Family” image and its meaning in Turkish culture is going to be examined through
the analysis of television advertisements in two different time periods, which are late
1980s and present time. Through the comparison, ...
Language, origin and mimesis : a particular reading of the relationship between word and image
(Bilkent University, 2004)
In the historical affinity of West, language has always been ‘erected’ as a
construct of Idea (sign/presence/speech/logos). In this ‘logocentric teleology’
(Derrida), opposition between nature and institution, play of ...
Corporate image : a study in establishing visual identity and the analysis of an existing trademark
(Bilkent University, 1993)
Organizations are most of the time distinguished by their identities and consumers decide on a product or a service according to an organization's identity and structure. An organization may reflect its identity in many ...
Dogma/Dogme 95 : manifesto for contemporary cinema and realism
(Bilkent University, 2003)
This study investigates Dogma/Dogme’95, which is the latest collectivism
seen in the history of cinema. Thesis explores this newest movement’s
references to past and today’s filmmaking in relation to the concept of
realism, ...
Spaces of boredom : imagination and the ambivalence of limits
(Bilkent University, 2005)
This study aims to contribute readings of arguments pertaining to and
conceptualizations of the experience of boredom to discussions of art, philosophy and
culture. Relevant histories and readings of philosophical accounts ...
Gilles Deleuze's philosophy of art : the cruelty of affect
(Bilkent University, 1999)
In this work the influential contemporary French philosopher
Gilles Deleuze' s aesthetic theory has been analysed with
regard to its philosophical origins. Baruch Spinoza, whose
influence is felt in the whole of Deleuze' ...
Virtualization of design and production
(Bilkent University, 2006)
This study aims to make an analysis on the meaning of products with regards to
recent developments in design and production technologies. The notions of the
use, exchange and sign values of products are aimed to be ...
Technology as prosthesis : A critical account of mankind's involvement with technology
(Bilkent University, 2001)
This thesis aims to discuss the prosthetic quality of technology
whilst considering prosthesis as a ‘concept’ in debt to a series of
problematics that exceed the common definition of the word in the
medical context. ...