The development of fashion photography, just like its subject itself, was in the past and will be affected by trends in the future. The techniques and influences that emerged in the field since the...Show moreThe development of fashion photography, just like its subject itself, was in the past and will be affected by trends in the future. The techniques and influences that emerged in the field since the late 1980s and 1990s have marked a paradigm shift from idealized to flexible conventions shaping the status quo of what constitutes a contemporary fashion (ad) photograph. The developments are reflected in modern fashion (ad) photographers’ works such as by Philip DiCorcia or Juergen Teller. The latter is considered a trending fashion photography pioneer. Although it is impossible to typify contemporary advertising photography’s expression, this paper illustrates one of its multi-approaches by investigating Juergen Teller’s (aesthetic) strategy in the advert campaign series Resort 2020 for Miu Miu in light of the concept of hybridity, which reflects the tendency of post-modernist photography. The notion of hybridity is characterized by dualism. The ad contains a multiplicity of hybrid elements revealed by using the methods of interdisciplinary research approach, combining literature review from various disciplines and visual analysis: Miu Miu Resort reflects not only a hybrid fusion of the luxury (the Miu Miu collection) and the banal (the setting or the models’ posing) but also plays on the concept of the grotesque which is in itself hybrid and is exemplified in the photographic series mainly by pairing incongruent categories such as animal and handbag. The general ambiguity in Resort is reflected in ‘conflicting’ compositions intriguing viewers and stimulate their curiosity for luxury products’ display, proved by findings of other scholars’ research on grotesque imagery’s persuasiveness. Teller’s imagery lacks cohesiveness and is not classifiable in many respects, as underlined by his neither amateurish, documentary, or filmic photography style nor in terms of gaze and gender-specific representations of the models. The artist’s work is unlike traditional fashion ad photography, which provides an exaggerated and decorative aura. Teller maintains the Resort campaign’s focus on the Miu Miu commodities by presenting the ordinary as ordinary. The anti-spectacular approach in Juergen Teller’s photographs alludes to the aesthetic concept Wabi-Sabi incorporating intentionally cropped body-parts or sunlight overexposure, rendering albeit the impression of naturalness, but the awareness of an artificial construction remains.Show less
Het ontwerp voor het Casa da Música, ontworpen door Rem koolhaas, is erg onconventioneel voor een muziekgebouw. Dit lijkt te komen door de leegtes die gebruikt zijn. In deze paper wordt de mate van...Show moreHet ontwerp voor het Casa da Música, ontworpen door Rem koolhaas, is erg onconventioneel voor een muziekgebouw. Dit lijkt te komen door de leegtes die gebruikt zijn. In deze paper wordt de mate van ontwrichting in het Casa da Música onderzocht en wordt er gekeken hoe leegte hieraan bijdraagt.Show less
In dit onderzoek wordt beschouwd hoe het conflict tussen stilstand en beweging de positieve kracht is van zowel het beeldhouwwerk Nijinsky van Auguste Rodin als de dans L’après-midi d’un faune van...Show moreIn dit onderzoek wordt beschouwd hoe het conflict tussen stilstand en beweging de positieve kracht is van zowel het beeldhouwwerk Nijinsky van Auguste Rodin als de dans L’après-midi d’un faune van Vaslav Nijinsky. De benadering in dit onderzoek is erop gericht om de omkering duidelijk te maken van een contemporaine negatieve beschouwing van het conflict naar een positieve beschouwing van tegenwoordig.Show less
This research explores the conflict that emerges when applying registration practices into performance art. As the ephemerality of performance art is perceived as essential for this art genre,...Show moreThis research explores the conflict that emerges when applying registration practices into performance art. As the ephemerality of performance art is perceived as essential for this art genre, professionals (and sometimes artists) are not always in favor of its total disappearance. Documentation processes have the purpose of partially archiving the memory of these artworks, however, the forms of producing this type of information are not standardized because of the various forms that this art manifestation can have. Some of the strategies museums have been applying were explored during this research to enable enquiring about their compatibility with the nature of performance art. While documentation processes preserve traces of performances’ poetic, the form of perceiving and collecting this artwork as manifestations should not be attached to temporality, but as concepts that can be reinterpreted and have several versions throughout time.Show less
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,...Show moreAiming 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.Show less
This thesis aims to examine the conventions governing both photojournalism and art with regard to war photography. More specifically, how are conventions in representations of war in...Show moreThis thesis aims to examine the conventions governing both photojournalism and art with regard to war photography. More specifically, how are conventions in representations of war in photojournalism interrogated by artists and what conventions in turn govern artistic approaches to war photography? The relationship between art and war photography will be examined in relation to three artworks, which present a complementary approach towards the discussed issues.Show less
Het schilderij De 500 Arhats van Takashi Murakami uit 2012 vormt een onderzoekscasus waarin de verschillende aspecten, die te maken hebben met de schijnbare tegenstelling tussen traditie en...Show moreHet schilderij De 500 Arhats van Takashi Murakami uit 2012 vormt een onderzoekscasus waarin de verschillende aspecten, die te maken hebben met de schijnbare tegenstelling tussen traditie en vernieuwing in de hedendaagse Japanse kunst worden geanalyseerd. Stilistische en inhoudelijke elementen in het werk duiden er op dat er een relatie bestaat tussen de hedendaagse Japanse schilderkunst en de modernistisch-traditionalistische traditie van Nihonga. Zo zijn beide stijlen op te vatten als een transcultureel fenomeen. Vanuit deze hypothese wordt uitgegaan van een gemeenschappelijke concept van hybriditeit, dat een kernbegrip is voor zowel de vroeg-moderne Japanse kunst als de hedendaagse schilderkunst van Superflat. Dit wordt niet alleen in de context van de stijl Superflat geplaatst, maar ook verbonden met de theorie van intersubculturalisatie en de iconografie van cultureel trauma.Show less
This thesis reveals a reflection on trauma in a personal photographic project and focuses on the relationship between photography and memory, and photography and trauma. It aims to answer the...Show moreThis thesis reveals a reflection on trauma in a personal photographic project and focuses on the relationship between photography and memory, and photography and trauma. It aims to answer the question how a visual project created in the format of a reconstructed family photo album can provide insights into issues addressed in theoretical debates on those relationships.Show less
