Contemporary art & un–forgetting
This research explores the capacity of Contemporary Art to un-forget history, with a focus on the history of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island in Western Australia and its one hundred year history as an Aboriginal prison for boys and men. The exploration of materials within my own practice – photography, fil...
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Curtin University
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/285 |
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| author | McMillan, Kate |
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| description | This research explores the capacity of Contemporary Art to un-forget history, with a focus on the history of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island in Western Australia and its one hundred year history as an Aboriginal prison for boys and men. The exploration of materials within my own practice – photography, film, sculpture, installation and sound – assist in examining the potential of Contemporary Art to respond to what has been forgotten in unique and embodied ways. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-2852017-09-05T01:18:36Z Contemporary art & un–forgetting McMillan, Kate This research explores the capacity of Contemporary Art to un-forget history, with a focus on the history of Wadjemup/Rottnest Island in Western Australia and its one hundred year history as an Aboriginal prison for boys and men. The exploration of materials within my own practice – photography, film, sculpture, installation and sound – assist in examining the potential of Contemporary Art to respond to what has been forgotten in unique and embodied ways. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/285 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | McMillan, Kate Contemporary art & un–forgetting |
| title | Contemporary art & un–forgetting |
| title_full | Contemporary art & un–forgetting |
| title_fullStr | Contemporary art & un–forgetting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contemporary art & un–forgetting |
| title_short | Contemporary art & un–forgetting |
| title_sort | contemporary art & un–forgetting |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/285 |