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Title Salvaging meaning: exploring the language of inflatable kinetic sculptures and the materiality of plastic
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10408
Date 2010
Author(s) Dickerson, Catherine
Contributor(s) Younge, Gavin
Abstract Includes bibliographical references. - Inflatable sculpture is often seen as absurd, comic or light-hearted, but it can also convey a darker, more serious tone. The inflatable sculptures created in part fulfillment for this degree explore refabrication through the use of discarded plastic. This body of work highlights the relationship between industrialisation, plastic goods and nature. The insubstantial, flimsy qualities of the inflatable are an extended metaphor for the fragility of ecologies and the impact of plastic pollution on the environment.
Subject(s) Fine Art
Language eng
Publisher University of Cape Town; Faculty of Humanities; Michaelis School of Fine Art
Type of publication Thesis; Text; Masters; MA
Repository Cape Town - OpenUCT, University of Cape Town
Added to C-A: 2017-01-27;15:00:20