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Omes, Nikki (2019)

The Ecofeminist Lens: Nature, Technology & the Female Body in Lens-based Art

Master thesis | Media Studies (MA)

Aiming to develop an ecofeminist lens of lens-based art, this thesis analyses how the choice of a specific medium enhances the communication of concepts relating to the relationship between humans, or women specifically, and nature. The implications of presenting the female body in nature are discussed through an amalgamation of (eco-)feminist theory and three established topics within media studies: representation, the moving image in the museum, and the affective turn. From representation in photography to affect in video art installation, the growing possibilities of lens-based art are argued to work towards more complex and critical artistic explorations of the relationship between the female body and nature.

photography

video art

lens-based art

ecofeminism

media ecology

ana mendieta

female nude

goddess feminism

affect

new materialism

Author

Omes, Nikki

Note

Key theorists include: Walter Benjamin, George Baker, Thomas Elsaesser, Pepita Hesselberth and Luce Irigaray. Artists include: Ana Mendieta, Pipilotti Rist, Honey Long & Prue Stent, Anne Brigman, Mary Beth Edelson, Laura Aguilar, Sylvia Safdie, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Nina Paley and Tabita Rezaire.

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Film & Photographic Studies

Supervisors

Westgeest, Helen

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en