Exploring the links between personal grief narratives in art and contemporary bereavement theories

探索艺术中的个人悲伤叙事与当代丧亲理论之间的联系

• 批准号: 2280795
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Nottingham Trent University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2280795
• 关键词: Exploring; links; between; personal; grief

At some point in our lives we will all experience a bereavement. This project will apply contemporarybereavement theories to a fine art context. The primary focus is how these theories can be used toanalyse and explain bereavement as represented in artworks undertaken through a non-therapeuticcontext within the artist's studio and not through art therapy. I will carry out a practice-basedinterdisciplinary study using sociological bereavement theories and contemporary art concepts ofnarrative, memory and the self, exploring how artists depict personal grief narratives through their artpractice. This project will examine how art practice can communicate loss, while helping to renegotiatethe connections we have with deceased loved ones.Interviews with artists who are working with bereavement narratives will form a core part of the research.Critical components will be undertaken to help with understanding and establishing links between artisticcontexts and bereavement theories, and will include analyses of artworks concerning bereavementproduced both by other artists and as part of this research. The project will also explore how artworksmade in non-therapeutic settings can aid artists with the management of personal grief through theirpractice and whether or not this changes art practice.I developed interests in drawing links between the arts and mental health issues during my BA in Textiles,particularly in my final year where I explored links between cabinets of curiosities and obsessive-compulsive disorders. During my MA I studied bereavement theory and its application within fine art,researching potential links between repetition and handwriting as a key practice-based method.My MA has prepared me for undertaking a PhD and as part of the course I completed modules inResearch Methods (81%), Critical Positions (76%) and Project Design (73%) which taught me how to plana research project. I also completed a Major Project module (75%) which required me to present afinished piece of practice work for exhibition and a thesis. Towards the end of my MA, I was offered theopportunity for my MA dissertation to be published.After completing my MA, I used these skills to continue my independent research and art practice. I tookpart in a 6-week residency (2018) in Berlin with the Centre for Substructured Loss creating artworkdealing with grief research. The residency culminated in a group exhibition ('The Immaterial Weight LeftBehind'), and I continue to have strong connections with the Centre and my residency peers.

在我们生命中的某个时刻，我们都会经历丧亲之痛。该项目将当代丧亲理论应用到美术环境中。主要焦点是如何使用这些理论来分析和解释通过艺术家工作室内的非治疗环境而不是通过艺术治疗进行的艺术作品中所表现的丧亲之痛。我将运用社会学的丧亲理论和当代艺术的叙事、记忆、自我等概念进行基于实践的跨学科研究，探索艺术家如何通过艺术实践来描绘个人的悲伤叙事。该项目将研究艺术实践如何传达丧亲之情，同时帮助重新协商我们与已故亲人的联系。对从事丧亲叙事的艺术家的采访将构成研究的核心部分。将采取关键组成部分来帮助理解并在艺术背景和丧亲理论之间建立联系，并将包括对其他艺术家创作的有关丧亲之痛的艺术作品的分析以及作为本研究的一部分。该项目还将探讨在非治疗环境中创作的艺术品如何帮助艺术家通过实践来管理个人悲伤，以及这是否会改变艺术实践。在获得纺织学士学位期间，我对绘制艺术与心理健康问题之间的联系产生了兴趣，特别是在我的最后一年，我探索了好奇心柜和强迫症之间的联系。在我的硕士学位期间，我研究了丧亲之痛理论及其在美术中的应用，研究重复和手写之间的潜在联系，作为一种基于实践的关键方法。我的硕士学位为我攻读博士学位做好了准备，作为课程的一部分，我完成了研究方法模块（ 81%）、关键职位（76%）和项目设计（73%）教会我如何规划研究项目。我还完成了一个主要项目模块（75%），该模块要求我展示完成的实践作品以供展览和论文。在我的硕士学位即将结束时，我获得了发表硕士学位论文的机会。完成硕士学位后，我利用这些技能继续我的独立研究和艺术实践。我在柏林参加了为期 6 周的驻地项目（2018 年），与子结构性失落中心一起创作处理悲伤研究的艺术品。驻留项目以一场群展（“留下的无形重量”）告终，我继续与中心和我的驻留项目同行保持着紧密的联系。