Leptaxis and the constructed body: an exploration of poetic queer cyborg prosthesis.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Christian Ryan (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Chris Cassidy
Abstract: This written portion of the M.F.A. thesis describes the both aesthetic experience of
the artwork leptaxis and the critical intent, political perspective, and conceptual motivations
behind the construction of the work. The artwork leptaxis consists of a series of objects
worn by participating viewers in conjunction with a reactive audio installation space.
Framed as a space of play outside of traditional art spaces, viewers are invited to
participate in the installation space by wearing the prosthetic objects and interacting with
each other and elements of the installation. These worn objects are framed as queer
cyborg prosthesis in the way that they intend to disrupt heteronormative perspectives on
how gender and the human body is defined. The prosthesis interface with each other and
the installation space via physical computing technology and digital audio signals. The
audio component of installation is modulated and effected through the viewers' social
interactions with the prosthesis. A key element within the artwork is the use of the concept
of as pleasure functioning as a communicative vehicle for the radical queer cyborg political
perspective.
Leptaxis and the constructed body: an exploration of poetic queer cyborg prosthesis.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2010
- Keywords
- art, cyborg, disco, New Media, prosthetic, queer
- Subjects
- Art.
Title | Location & Link | Type of Relationship |
Installation 1 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_01.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 2 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_02.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 3 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_03.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 4 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_04.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 5 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_05.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 6 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_06.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 7 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_07.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 8 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_08.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |
Installation 9 | http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/uncg/f/Ryan_10424leptaxis_installationdoc_09.jpg | The described resource existed before the related resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. |