Browsing Dept. of Communication and Design

1-GO 1-E: the development of durational aesthetics in mixed media sculpture

Teğin, Alp E. (Bilkent University, 2020-06)

This thesis investigates the development of a technique for the depiction of motion in painting through mixed media sculpture. Utilizing stacked glass layers as the spatial medium, 1-Go 1-E conceptualizes the technique ...

Acousmetre : the disembodied voice in cinema

Önen, Ufuk (Bilkent University, 2008)

This study is an attempt to explore the offscreen cinematic space in terms of sound with a special focus on voice, and to analyze the disembodied voices in cinema, in light of the theoretical framework of Michel Chion ...

Aesthetic experience in performance art : Marina Abramović the artist is present

Kırmızı, Defne (Bilkent University, 2013)

This thesis explores the possibility of an embodied, corporeal and transforming aesthetic experience that performance art may reveal. The artistic practice of Marina Abramović, who witnessed and pioneered the paradigm ...

Alternative media and democracy : political participation and expression through social media in Turkey

Acet, Oya (Bilkent University, 2013)

We live in a late-modern age characterized by globalization, self-reflexivity and high level of detraditionalization accompanied by the latest developments in the field of communication and information technologies. ...

Analyzing alternative sports media in Turkey : a case study on Socrates Magazine and Yazıhane

Tanık, Deniz Can (Bilkent University, 2016-09)

Especially in the last century, sports extended its scope and began to be followed by wider audience. Enhancements in the fields of communication and broadcasting enabled people to be more engaged and knowledgeable on ...

Analyzing motivation and experience of visitors: a case study of Cermodern Art Center

Şahin, Aslı (Bilkent University, 2020-07)

This study focuses on the motivation and experience of visitors in CerModern Art Center, located in Ankara Turkey. The main concern is to understand which state motivates people to visit the Center, and what they ...

Anima: media in bodily terms as a multi-sensory artwork

Şengün, Hayri (Bilkent University, 2018-07)

This thesis is a written translation of the project "Anima". It art historically, theoretically and technically reveals the thought and procedures behind the project. And it shows my path and stance as an artist and MFA ...

Apocalypse Now : pro-war sentiments in an "anti-war" film

Danış, Baran (Bilkent University, 2007)

In this study, the film Apocalypse Now is analyzed in terms of its ideological function and messages by using the textualist approach of screen theory. The film is examined as both a pro-war and anti-war film which reveals ...

The artistic afterlife of electronic waste

Köksal, Esra (Bilkent University, 2019-12)

This thesis aims to take a closer look at artistic projects that use discarded electronic parts as preferred medium. Electronic waste cumulates as the result of a highly technological era. The artworks that take part ...

Artistic practice in the aftermath of postmodernism : a case study

Çelen, İlker (Bilkent University, 2017-01)

Postmodern discourse is still the dominant factor in the 21st century art production. On the other hand, there have appeared a number of alternative concepts which suggest that the influence of postmodern tendencies on ...

At first sight: creating an alternate reality game with transmedia experience

Munlafalıoğlu, Güner (Bilkent University, 2019-09)

When images come together, the viewer starts to read a story according to their own perceptions. The actual motivation of the storyteller is to let the viewer create a story based on their own ongoing biases, then to ...

Audience reception of teen TV dramas : experience of romance and pleasure

Güneş, Hava Sare (Bilkent University, 2016-08)

Teen TV dramas are one of the mediums that provide people with conventional, socially constructed ideals about love which are culturally related to and presented with gender and morality. This thesis mainly discusses how ...

Authorship in video game adaptations

Günal, Serenay (Bilkent University, 2021-08)

The purpose of this thesis is to examine how authorship of video game adaptations is handled as a discursive concept. Auteur theory was created and analyzed as a critical method in the film medium. The thesis researches ...

Autism spectrum disorders: a close-reading of four independent films

Mostowfi, Ahou (Bilkent University, 2018-12)

Both Hollywood and independent productions have been interested in depicting Autism Spectrum Disorders in the last thirty years. Within this period, diagnostic criteria of this developmental disorder have made dramatically ...

An autoethnographic research in digital re-collection : art-based inquiry of personal memory

Kırkağaç, Egemen (Bilkent University, 2017-09)

The subject-matter of this study is the researcher’s personal digital collection that is recovered from his computer which hasn’t been used for over 10 years and considered to be not functioning. With the help of digital ...

Behavioral changes of the audience by the algorithmic recommendation systems inside video-on-demand platforms considering the example of netflix

Gürmeriç, Can (Bilkent University, 2019-05)

Digital media revolution has provided new possibilities for different industries globally, in lives of individuals including business related areas, entertainment and personal relations. Technological advancements ...