Project Title:
Object Documentary
Minou Norouzi,
April 2013
Through literary adaptation of Everything, a short story by Ingeborg Bachmann, using only personal archive and through themed curatorial presentations at Sheffield Fringe, this PhD by Practice research project titled Object Documentary surveys the relationship of contemporary artists working with documentary material today. The project
questions what the ethical implications are of using actuality as object. It
tries to keep an open, critical perspective on the positioning of documentary as material in art
production - rather than simply as a genre as in film practice.
It investigates
how far the ‘creative use’ of actuality can be taken in this context.
Looking at
specific contemporary examples, including my own objectifying practice, the
project also examines the relationship between audience and maker, placing
audience interests and drives against the drive of artists.
The project
occupies an intentionally oppositional space. Looking at deliberately
questionable ethical practices, the project asks when and how it might
be useful to objectify.
.png "Minou Norouzi, 'Everything' 2013, film still.") |
| Minou Norouzi, 'Everything', 2013. video still |
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