Abstract
The first aim of this thesis was to investigate whether the making of artwork specifically influenced by the discipline of archaeology allows the expression and investigation of human spirituality. Having established this initial aim through the development of creative practice, my second aim was to consolidate a research methodology that could become a platform for further investigations in the future. I adopted an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together art, archaeology and theology, as my basis for exploring the concept of the archaeological imagination, articulated through a studio practice in visual art based on abstraction.Subsidiary aims revolved around forming a definition of archaeological imagination that could be relevant to visual art, and to explore whether archaeological methods, processes, materials, and concepts could help or hinder the development of a studio practice, and if so, could such a practice offer new knowledge and understanding to the current contemporary discourse that exists between art and archaeology. While testing and articulating my investigations, a further subsidiary aim emerged: I began to investigate whether a meditative space, one in which the viewer may experience a kind of inner archaeological excavation, could facilitate an encounter with the archaeological narrative of human experience.
| Date of Award | 2023 |
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| Original language | English |
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| Supervisor | Miranda Whall (Supervisor) & Julian Ruddock (Supervisor) |
Keywords
- archaeological imagination