Se o que existiu e foi fotografado na paisagem urbana possibilitou a incorporação do que se tornou visível nos artefatos nominados Documentos poéticos, no acervo artístico e no projeto curatorial de exposições do Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul Ado Malagoli (2011-2014), como O Cânone pobre: uma arqueologia da precariedade na arte; em contraste, propiciou a organização dos Relatórios imaginais correspondentes à Coleção Objetos de pesquisa em artes plásticas, os quais existem, foram fotografados durante o experimento e, pelo viés histórico, incorporados ao acervo do Museu Paranaense e socializados no Pergamum (2012- 2014). Esse princípio metodológico para estruturar a investigação sobre o gesto fotográfico como ato criativo em espaços transitórios, das ações museológicas praticadas por seres humanos em relação com os objetos circundantes, assegurou inteligentes graus de interação além da época de nossa cidade Curitiba, ao sul do Brasil. Neste duradouro work in progress, fragmentário, porque é aberto e comunicável como deve ser seu destino, o objetivo acentuado é o de dizer e mostrar algo que se veja da entropia e da ruína na forma de arte em processo observado desde o início. As noções de ‘transitoriedade’, encontrada na Origem do drama barroco alemão; do ‘progresso’ e da ‘atualização’, no Livro de los pasajes, em que estão dispostos, respectivamente, os papéis dos “rollos” D [El tedio, eterno retorno] e N [Teoría del conocimiento, teoría del progreso], obras de Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), são colocadas em movimento dialético com a ‘fenomenologia’ e a ‘comunicação’, de Vilém Flusser (1920- 1991), em Los gestos, de fotografar entre distintos de ‘buscar’ a relação concreta entre o ‘sujeito conhecedor’, o ‘objeto cognoscível’ e a adaptação entre ambos, dando sentido ao que ‘move o observador’. Para novos modos de concretizar, ver, refletir sobre a arte, a ciência, a partir da dúvida que enfrenta o informe, no presente, a noção de ‘espaço’ como resultado da ligação ação-objeto-sujeito com a totalidade, vem da obra A natureza do espaço: técnica e tempo, razão e emoção, de Milton Santos (1926-2001). Na direção do recorte com resultados, foram incluídas as visões de mundo de artistas qual Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) e Paul Klee (1879-1940), Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) e Hannah Höch (1889-1978), da vanguarda alemã e dos contemporâneos norte-americanos Robert Smithson (1938-1973) e Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978), aptos a recordar o que pensavam fazer. / If what existed and was photographed in the urban landscape has allowed the incorporation of what has become visible in the artifacts named Poetic documents, in the art collection and in the curatorial of exhibitions of Art Museum Ado Malagoli at Rio Grande do Sul (2011-2014), as The poor canon: the precariousness of archeology in fine arts; in contrast, this has led to the organization of Imaginal reports corresponding to the Collection Objects for research in Fine Arts, which exist, were photographed during the experiment, and for their historical bias, were incorporated in the collection of the Paranaense Museum as well as socialized in the Pergamum (2012-2014). This methodological principle of structuring research on the photographic gesture as a creative act in transitional spaces, of the museum actions taken by human beings in relation to surrounding objects, has assured intelligent degrees of interaction beyond the era of our city Curitiba, in the south of Brazil. In this long lasting work in progress, fragmentary, because it is open and communicable as its destination should be, the sharp goal is to show and tell something where entropy and ruin may be seen in the form of art in the observed process from the start. The notions of ‘transience’, found in the book Origin of the german baroque drama; of ‘progress’ and ‘updating’, in the Book of passages, in which are displayed, respectively, the roles of “rolls” D [Boredom, the eternal return] e N [Theory of knowledge, theory of progress], both writings by Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), are placed in dialectical movement with the ‘phenomenology’ and ‘communication’, by Vilém Flusser (1920-1991), in The Gestures, of photographing between differences of ‘searching for’ the concrete relationship between the ‘knowledgeable subject’, the ‘knowable object’ and adaptation between them, giving meaning to what ‘moves the observer’. For new ways of realizing, seeing, reflecting on the art, science, staring from doubt that emerges from the report, at present, the notion of ‘space’ as a result of the binding relationship action-object- subject with totality, comes from the work The nature of space: technique and time, reason and emotion, by Milton Santos (1926- 001). In the direction of the clipping with results, were included worldviews of artists such as Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) and Paul Klee (1879- 1940), Kurt Schwitters (1887-1948) and Hannah Höch (1889-1978), of the German avant- garde and of the contemporary Americans Robert Smithson (1938-1973) and Gordon Matta- Clark (1943-1978), all able to remember what they thought to do.

This dissertation considers whether photography as a language translates a transient moment into an embodied image. This is considered to be a mimesis of the moment as an aid for memory. By following a dialectic approach I posit a thesis based on the common sense perception of photography which states that photography is an artefactual mimesis aiding memory. After reflecting on Plato’s concept of writing as a pharmakon and Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction theory I establish an antithesis which proclaims that a photograph aids memory but also leads to the illusion of remembering past experiences. The synthesis is then presented which resolves the opposing ideas. This component argues that a photograph is a mimetic device that aids memory by presenting embodied fragmented reflections of time which can be used to create new meanings and memories. The dissertation concludes with a discussion that supports and integrates this argument with visual research. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)

This dissertation considers whether photography as a language translates a transient moment into an embodied image. This is considered to be a mimesis of the moment as an aid for memory. By following a dialectic approach I posit a thesis based on the common sense perception of photography which states that photography is an artefactual mimesis aiding memory. After reflecting on Plato’s concept of writing as a pharmakon and Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction theory I establish an antithesis which proclaims that a photograph aids memory but also leads to the illusion of remembering past experiences. The synthesis is then presented which resolves the opposing ideas. This component argues that a photograph is a mimetic device that aids memory by presenting embodied fragmented reflections of time which can be used to create new meanings and memories. The dissertation concludes with a discussion that supports and integrates this argument with visual research. / Art History, Visual Arts and Musicology / M.A. (Visual Arts)

This thesis is an attempt at understanding South African photography through the lens of Nontsikelelo “Lolo” Veleko, Tracy Rose, David Goldblatt, Jo Ractliffe and Santu Mofokeng. Through the works discussed this thesis intends to unpack photography as a complex medium similar to that of language and text, as well as attempt to understand how exploring South African experiences and spaces through the lens of photography shapes and mediates them. Furthermore it also attempts to understand how these experiences and spaces conversely affect the discourse of photography or at the very least our perception of it. Through these photographers and their works it is hoped that ultimately the interconnected relationship of exchanging codes that takes place between photography and society will be highlighted. The example of connectivity or dialogue I believe exists between the medium of photography and the physical/social and psychological spaces it photographs will be mediated through Deleuze and Guattari‟s conception of “the wasp and the orchid” where “the wasp becomes the orchid, just as the orchid becomes the wasp...an exchanging or capturing of each other‟s codes”. Other theorists I will be looking at include Vilém Flusser, focusing in particular on his book Towards a Philosophy of Photography, as well as Susan Sontag, Roland Barthes and others. The main aims and objectives of this thesis are to understand the veracity of the documentary image and whether or not the image harbours any objective truth, as well as whether truth, if it can truly be said to exist in the world, resides between the camera and the seen world. This dichotomy is further complicated by the matter of subject-hood and technical and philosophical understandings of the camera as an apparatus. At no point do I aim to be conclusive, rather it is hoped that by developing the dynamic tension between the theory and the image world that I will be able to bring fresh insight into the reading of a changing South African condition and the subject position of the photographer in relation to this condition.

Postmemory is an interpretive theory that describes the relationship between the children of Holocaust survivors (Second-generation witnesses) and the trauma suffered by their parents. This thesis extends postmemory in two ways: first, postmemory is extended to include refugees who escaped the Holocaust. Thus, refugee families are situated in the three familial paradigms of Holocaust memory. Second, postmemory is extended to Third-generation witnesses (grandchildren of Holocaust survivors and refugees). Manifestations and representations of postmemory in Third-generation refugee families is demonstrated by authorial narration of photographs in third-generation refugee writer Erika Dreifus's short story collection Quiet Americans. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2015. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection