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Half asleep, winded losses : a visual survey on photography, memory and meaning
(Bilkent University, 2012)
As!Henry! Bergson! points! out,!memory!images! that!we! have! stored!in! our!
minds! throughout!our!lives! trigger!our!past!experiences!and!help! form! the!
moment! we! live! in. This! thesis! is! an! attempt! to challenge! ...
From feminine writing to feminine painting
(Bilkent University, 2006)
This thesis derives form Hélène Cixous’ conception of “l’écriture féminine”. Using
this concept, art works created by Marina Abramovic and Tracey Emin were
analyzed. In relation to the concept of “l’écriture féminine”, ...
Encounter, mimesis, play: theatricality in spatial arts
(Bilkent University, 1999)
On the basis of the experience of four works from Turkey, this study attempts to reveal that actual experience of spatial arts (traditionally called visual arts) is also theatrical. During the study, it is observed that ...
Performing the body : a corporeal site
(Bilkent University, 2003)
This thesis documents a process through which the body
was realized as it exceeds its formal unity and becomes
integrated with the space. It includes works of art
produced during the process. Concepts of vision and
figure ...
Mapping the body: major conceptions of human embodiment from the West
(Bilkent University, 1998)
Within the humanistic and social sciences of the western world, the human body, the state of being embodied, and the indelible interrelatedness of mind and the body have long been neglected in favour of the mind that is ...
On the relationship between images and words and their relation to body and perception
(Bilkent University, 2012)
Prehistoric man created a mark and throughout the history this mark evolved and
bifurcated into two: a word and an image. While images were cherished, words were
set apart from images.
This thesis attempts to look at ...
The body unmasked : the uncanny and masked acting
(Bilkent University, 2001)
The body is not only a natural conglomeration of different internal organs, but it is also
the site around/on/through which narratives of subjectivity are constructed and
deconstructed. The Freudian unheimlich, translated ...