The missing body: performance in the absence of the artist

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dc.contributor.authorBaker, Cindy
dc.contributor.supervisorFredrickson, Denton
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-03T20:13:14Z
dc.date.available2014-10-03T20:13:14Z
dc.date.issued2014-10-03
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores performance through an investigation of art in which the artist’s body is obscured, hidden, or not present in the final manifestation of the work. Through a three-pronged project of creative production, written paper and curated exhibition, I present four methodologies for removing the artist’s body from performance; work that engages others to enact the performance, work that is activated, created or completed by audience transgressions in the presentation space, object-based artworks that are stand-ins for the artists’ bodies, and artists whose bodies are hidden within the work. These methodologies are effective in opening dialogue about concepts that are otherwise difficult to broach, particularly those topics that address corporeality and identity. I discuss my own work, which deals with the taboo body, particularly as it relates to gender, sexuality, disability and fatness. Simultaneously, I examine works by a variety of artists using similar methodological strategies to address topics such as race, nationalism, transgression, the grotesque, and the uncanny in ways that engage their audiences in meaningful and lasting dialogue.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarshipen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/3506
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0357en_US
dc.proquest.subject0626en_US
dc.proquest.subject0453en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Art.
dc.publisher.departmentArten_US
dc.publisher.facultyFine Artsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts)
dc.subjectContemporary arten_US
dc.subjectPerformance arten_US
dc.subjectConceptual arten_US
dc.subjectFat studiesen_US
dc.subjectQueer theoryen_US
dc.subjectThe body in arten_US
dc.subjectFaten_US
dc.subjectQueer studiesen_US
dc.subjectGender studiesen_US
dc.subjectdisability studiesen_US
dc.titleThe missing body: performance in the absence of the artisten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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