Half asleep, winded losses : a visual survey on photography, memory and meaning

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2012

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Kaya, Dilek

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English

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Abstract

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! my! perception! about! the! issues! that! are! bodily disturbing! for! me! in! my! memories.! It! is! related!with! the!level!of!intimacy!and! the!blurred!line!between!private!and! public!that!makes!me!uncomfortable.!This!thesis!explores!this!point!through! a! photo]text! project! consisting of different! sets! of! photographs! that! trigger! my!own!memories!through!wandering!on!the!body!and!outside. The!project!aims!to!activate!in!the!viewer!an!inner!journey!with the!help!of! close]up!body!images!and!photographs!taken!outside.!These!images,!which! come from!different!time,!space!and!bodies, are!grouped!into!sets!that!form! new! wholes.! These! visual! sets! are! accompanied! by! lines! from! various! unpublished!poems!in!order!to!simulate!the!audience!to!activate!them!with! their!own!memories and!create!new!readings.

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Fine Arts

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Master's

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MFA (Master of Fine Arts).

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