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With this space thus revealed we shall turn, after the Conclusion in an Epilogue, to the work of contemporary Slovene artist and philosopher Mojca Oblak. The title - 'Obsessed with Originality'- is drawn from the text of Oblak's large scale artiso-philosophical system 'Transcendental Mannerism', which, as the phrase suggests, is concerned to go beyond art in its traditional sense to a new plane not only of artistic creation, but also of experience itself- thus offering us a tangible example of what a post-Hegelian form of art could be like. In our study we shall see how Oblak has based her system on Kantian ideas of autonomy, the sublime, and transcendental freedom. Her results, however, are utterly Hegelian in their achievement of a genuinely 'absolute' form of art which is able to embody the truth (rather than merely allude to it) in the aesthetic dimension.

The research undertaken during this project has resulted in an investigation of atmospheric phenomena within constructed space, using light, space and water as primary materials to explore the peripheries of human perception. The project examines the extremities of human sensory experience as a means of navigating and further understanding the finite nature of our experience of 'reality'. We construct and apprehend a cohesive idea of our surroundings based on the information given to us by the senses, which are inherently limited in their capabilities. This thesis explores ways of deconstructing the processes involved in the creation of our contemporary understanding of reality, physiologically via the senses and externally through the active and conscious construction of our surroundings. The illusive and intangible nature of atmospheric phenomena is utilised in the practical component of this project for its ability to remain perceptually just out of reach; the distances in the sky cannot be judged, the air around us cannot be felt, and water in its forms of cloud, mist, ice, rain and snow hovers around the perimeters of materiality. In isolating phenomena such as these within fabricated environments the project aims to bridge the conceptual gap that exists between the highly constructed nature of our increasingly urbanised existence and the natural world.

Thesis (B.A.(Hons.))-- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Politics, 1970.

Univ., Diss.--Limoges.

Thesis (doctoral)--Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität zu Frankfurt am Main, 1977. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-190).

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1991. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [117]-[128]).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 248-261).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Columbia University, 1942. / Published also without thesis note. Vita. Bibliography: p. [100]-104.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1972. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.