Op weg na 'n kontemporere eko-estetiek

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT:On the way to a contemporary eco-aesthetic.My thesis consists of three chapters; the first chapter contains a basicbackground study and philosophic research of concepts which arerelevant to my work; the second chapter is a discussion of ecofeminism aspolitical and spiritual phenomena (my work resorts in the genre ofecofeminism); and the third chapter is an analytic consideration anddiscussion where my works are presented as a visual explanation of myown interpretation of the dialogue between art and science withunderlying geographical and ecological concepts.Some of these concepts purport the ritual of cycles and the aestheticexperience thereof. They deal with the earth as maternal patron where thelayers of society (evidence of existence) becomes evident in the layeringof the earth. This evidence of existence can be found in the wastegenerated from the cyclic existence of living beings and organisms. Inaddition, the traditional scrub or healing activities which are ascribed towomen, are used as an argument to effectuate a consciousness ofsymbioses.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University