This bachelor essay presents some aspects of Sunniva Ingvarssons painting process.  Comparing the painterly act with writing (about the field of her practice) the text aims to grasp some outlooks on the use of words or verbal contentmaking connected to a nearly nonverbal expression.  The painted gestures and markmakings are being discussed as meaningless in a meaningful way, arguing whether the parameters of the established should be taken in consideration in the artistic research, or not.  Based on subjective experiences and some readings including Susan Sontag, Judith Butler (and Friedrich Schlegel) there is an aim to make the reader understand the eventual importance of the un-validated thoughts art possibly can consist of, with permission of only the artist.

Mending is a body of artwork created in response to ancestral trauma inherited between women. This paper discusses the exhibition of work, which consists of media installation, sculpture, and photography. Mending confronts Walter Benjamin’s patriarchal argument that one must intellectually excavate deep memory. Rather, the processes used to create the body of work engage a sensorial approach, and attempt to both reconstruct embodied memory and reconcile trauma. The act of mending is an historically feminine gesture appropriate for resolving the transgenerational trauma of the female body’s experience. Additionally, the media serves as witness, and has the potential to act as an impartial observer in the process of unraveling embodied trauma, allowing for reflexive self-witness. Overall, Mending rejects the thought-centric process of excavation, instead centering sensory-based spiritual practices in contemporary art related to nature immersion, meditative ritual, and collaboration between women working to heal handed-down victimization. / Mending is a body of artwork created in response to ancestral trauma inherited between women. This paper discusses the exhibition of work, which consists of media installation, sculpture, and photography. Mending confronts Walter Benjamin’s patriarchal argument that one must intellectually excavate deep memory. Rather, the processes used to create the body of work engage a sensorial approach, and attempt to both reconstruct embodied memory and reconcile trauma. The act of mending is an historically feminine gesture appropriate for resolving the transgenerational trauma of the female body’s experience. Additionally, the media serves as witness, and has the potential to act as an impartial observer in the process of unraveling embodied trauma, allowing for reflexive self-witness. Overall, Mending rejects the thought-centric process of excavation, instead centering sensory-based spiritual practices in contemporary art related to nature immersion, meditative ritual, and collaboration between women working to heal handed-down victimization.

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Le présent mémoire adopte une perspective topographique pour examiner la façon dont est appréhendée, dans les œuvres littéraires des générations post-génocidaires, la mémoire d’événements traumatiques survenus dans le passé, mais dont l’empreinte demeure visible dans le présent, selon les structures de ce que Marianne Hirsch a qualifié de « postmémoire ». À travers les analyses de Dora Bruder (1997) de Patrick Modiano et Peut-être Esther (Vielleicht Esther, 2014) de Katja Petrowskaja, on observe comment la mémoire envisagée comme expérience topographique permet, par le rapport incarné qu’elle sous-entend, un contact riche et singulier avec cet héritage traumatique, et la naissance d’un regard pluriel, trans-temporel et transculturel sur la postmémoire et sur sa portée dans la littérature contemporaine. Le premier chapitre est consacré à la présentation, la définition et l’illustration des principaux concepts théoriques et des thèmes qui orientent la réflexion, soit la postmémoire, la question de la mémoire du corps, et la notion de topographie mémorielle. Le second chapitre est une réflexion sur les itinéraires de mémoire dans Dora Bruder et sur la présence-absence, dans la topographie contemporaine de Paris, de la jeune fille qui donne son nom au récit. Y sont examinés les procédés narratifs et littéraires employés par Modiano pour dessiner les contours, à travers les brumes de l’histoire, d’un personnage qui demeure insaisissable et énigmatique. Le troisième chapitre se penche sur le récit fragmentaire et pluriel élaboré par Petrowskaja dans Peut-être Esther, en accordant une attention particulière à la façon qu’a la narratrice d’interagir avec les lieux mémoriels et de les relier entre eux par ses mouvements et voyages. L’analyse de différents passages met par ailleurs en lumière la richesse et la pertinence de la figure du palimpseste dans l’expression et l’appréhension de la topographie mémorielle. / This thesis uses a topographic perspective in order to examine how the memory of traumatic events is apprehended in the literary works of post-genocidal generations. While these traumatic events happened in the past, their imprint remains perceptible in the present, according to the structures of what Marianne Hirsch called “postmemory”. Through the analysis of Patrick Modiano’s Dora Bruder (1997) and Katja Petrowskaja’s Peut-être Esther (Vielleicht Esther, 2014), we look at how memory taken as a topographic experience allows for, by the embodied relation implied, a rich and singular contact with this traumatic heritage, as well as the emergence of a plural, trans-temporal and transcultural look on postmemory and its resonance in contemporary literature. The first chapter is dedicated to the presentation, definition and illustration of the main theoretical concepts and themes guiding the reflection, such as postmemory, embodied memory and the idea of memorial topography. The second chapter is a reflection on the memory itineraries in Dora Bruder and on the presence-absence, in the contemporary parisian topography, of the young girl who gives her name to the narrative. Therefore, the narrative and literary processes used by Modiano in order to draw, through the mists of history, the portrait of a character still remaining uncatchable and enigmatic are examined in this section. The third chapter addresses the fragmentary and plural narrative that Petrowskaja elaborates in Peut-être Esther, with a particular attention to the way that the narrator interacts with memorial sites and links them together through her movements and travels. The analysis of various passages also brings to light the richness and relevance of the figure of the palimpsest in the expression and apprehension of memorial topography.

While the concepts and imagery presented here are not autobiographical, there is no way to fully detach lived experience from the process of making and theorizing this work. And although its impetus is a lifelong journey of healing, the focus here is transforming the inhabitance of trauma into an awareness of embodied presence. From a space of reflexivity, Inhabitance asks you to come back to your body through heart-minded creative action. This practice-based interdisciplinary methodology integrates the emancipatory powers of women and gender studies, consciousness studies and art. Through this hybrid approach, Inhabitance creates space for reconciling an imposed fracture between the sensory and cognitive aspects of our lives to rewrite the restrictive narrative that trauma can hold over both. / Doctor of Philosophy / While the concepts and imagery presented here are not autobiographical, there is no way to fully detach lived experience from the process of making and theorizing this work. And although its impetus is a lifelong journey of healing, the focus here is transforming the inhabitance of trauma into an awareness of embodied presence. From a space of reflexivity, Inhabitance asks you to come back to your body through heart-minded creative action. This practice-based interdisciplinary methodology integrates the emancipatory powers of women and gender studies, consciousness studies and art. Through this hybrid approach, Inhabitance creates space for reconciling an imposed fracture between the sensory and cognitive aspects of our lives to rewrite the restrictive narrative that trauma can hold over both.

[ES] La presente tesis lleva por título En la piel de la latexgrafía: una propuesta creativa para la gráfica actual. Investigación en la que se reúnen los aportes diferenciales de la latexgrafía como técnica inédita de grabado y estampación en el campo de la gráfica expandida en el arte contemporáneo. Partimos de la creación artística en relación a la noción del cuerpo, y propiamente de la piel como frontera simbólica entre nuestro ser y el mundo; superficie en cuya huella se registra la memoria gráfica de nuestra existencia e identidad, la misma que gracias a la implementación de nuestra técnica, podemos transmutar en material expresivo, en el marco de un proceso creativo colaborativo entre el público y nosotros. En una primera parte elaboramos una introducción a la técnica de la latexgrafía, su sentido y práctica, contemplando los conceptos más relevantes y la sistematización del proceso a través de la identificación, descripción y justificación de sus variables. Posteriormente estudiamos los antecedentes y ejes teórico-prácticos de los discursos de la gráfica expandida, con los cuales nos identificamos, para finalmente enumerar los aportes diferenciales, que, desde la latexgrafía, hacemos al ámbito artístico actual. En una segunda parte hacemos una aproximación a las reflexiones poéticas que desde la práctica latexgráfica hemos tejido alrededor de los conceptos del cuerpo, su imagen y las metáforas de la piel, desde una perspectiva interdisciplinar conjugando tanto los aportes de los referentes artísticos como las aproximaciones que desde la filosofía, sociología, antropología y medicina se dan a los conceptos en cuestión, desde mediados del siglo XX a nuestros días en occidente. Finalmente, la tercera parte la dedicamos a la investigación artística comprendida en el corpus de obra propia, donde presentamos los resultados obtenidos a partir del proyecto Embodied Memory, exposición individual conceptualizada y ejecutada en el marco de esta tesis, así como los últimos avances alcanzados en relación a la latexgrafía, en las piezas desarrolladas en el transcurso del año 2021. / [CA] La present tesi porta per títol En la pell de la latexgrafía: una proposta creativa per a la gràfica actual. Investigació en la qual es reuneixen les aportacions diferencials de la latexgrafía com a tècnica inèdita de gravat i estampació en el camp de la gràfica expandida en l'art contemporani. Partim de la creació artística en relació a la noció del cos, i pròpiament de la pell com a frontera simbòlica entre el nostre ésser i el món; superfície en la petjada de la qual es registra la memòria gràfica de la nostra existència i identitat, la mateixa que gràcies a la implementació de la nostra tècnica, podem transmutar en material expressiu, en el marc d'un procés creatiu col·laboratiu entre el públic i nosaltres. En una primera part elaborem una introducció a la tècnica de la latexgrafía, el seu sentit i pràctica, contemplant els conceptes més rellevants i la sistematització del procés a través de la identificació, descripció i justificació de les seues variables. Posteriorment estudiem els antecedents i eixos teoricopràctics dels discursos de la gràfica expandida, amb els quals ens identifiquem, per a finalment enumerar les aportacions diferencials, que, des de la latexgrafía, fem a l'àmbit artístic actual. En una segona part fem una aproximació a les reflexions poètiques que des de la pràctica latexgráfica hem teixit al voltant dels conceptes del cos, la seua imatge i les metàfores de la pell, des d'una perspectiva interdisciplinària conjugant tant les aportacions dels referents artístics com les aproximacions que des de la filosofia, sociologia, antropologia i medicina es donen als conceptes en qüestió, des de mitjan segle XX als nostres dies en occident. Finalment, la tercera part la dediquem a la investigació artística compresa en el corpus d'obra pròpia, on presentem els resultats obtinguts a partir del projecte Embodied Memory, exposició individual conceptualitzada i executada en el marc d'aquesta tesi, així com els últims avanços aconseguits en relació a la latexgrafía, en les peces desenvolupades en el transcurs de l'any 2021. / [EN] This thesis is entitled In the skin of latexgraphy: a creative proposal for current graphics. Research that brings together the differential contributions of latexgraphy as a unique printmaking technique in the field of expanded graphics in contemporary art. We start from the artistic creation in relation to the notion of the body, and properly of the skin as a symbolic border between our being and the world; surface in whose imprint the graphic memory of our existence and identity is recorded, the same that thanks to the implementation of our technique, we can transmute into an expressive material, within the framework of a collaborative creative process between the public and us. In the first part, we elaborate an introduction to the technique of latexgraphy, its meaning and practice, contemplating the most relevant concepts and the systematization of the process through the identification, description and justification of its variables. Later we study the antecedents and theoretical-practical axes of the discourses of expanded graphics, with which we identify our research, to finally list the differential contributions that, from latexgraphy, we make to the current artistic field. In a second part we make an approach to the poetic reflections that from latexgraphic practice we have woven around the concepts of the body, its image and the metaphors of the skin, from an interdisciplinary perspective combining both the contributions of artistic references and the approaches that from philosophy, sociology, anthropology and medicine are given to the concepts in question, from the mid-twentieth century to the present day in the West. Finally, the third part is dedicated to the artistic research included in the corpus of own work, where we present the results obtained from the Embodied Memory project, an individual exhibition conceptualized and executed within the framework of this thesis, as well as the latest advances made in relation to latexgraphy, in the pieces developed during the year 2021. / Romero Cubero, P. (2021). En la piel de la latexgrafía: una propuesta creativa para la gráfica actual [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/180179