Homing : navigating the notions of home

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates the complexities of home through the exploration of theembodiment of architecture, both human and non-human. I see the notion ofhome as a multifarious, visceral experience; therefore my investigation isinformed by my own lived experience. I investigate the notion of home in termsof locale, history, identity and memory. My argument is informed by twophenomenological texts, namely The Soul of the White Ant by South African poetEugene Marais and The Poetics of Space by French philosopher GastonBachelard. I investigate these texts as well as the work of three selected SouthAfrican contemporary artists, namely Nicholas Hlobo, Joani Groenewald andZanele Muholi, in conjunction with my own artistic practice. I demonstrate theconcept of home as navigating through time and space by employing the use ofnarrative in this thesis and the particular configuration of my art installations.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University