Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2015. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis entails an explorative and argumentative
study that is concerned with the importance
and relevance of artist books, as substantiated
by art-historical research into the way in
which people present, organize and interpret
knowledge about their world as observed in
the history of the ever-evolving book; as well as
related critical and theoretical discussions surrounding
language and art.
The structure of the thesis is based on the
triadic treatment of book types as presented in
philosophers Deleuze and Guattari’s theory of
the Rhizome in A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism
and Schizophrenia (1987). Each book essentially
stands for a particular system or paradigm
of thought that is described in terms of a biological
structure. These are the Root book, the
Fascicular book and the Rhizome. The root and
fascicular structures are shown to be ubiquitous
within dominant Western habits of thought,
emphasised by the tendency to organize elements
around a singular, central motif and, as
a result, to create binaries. Although useful for
certain practices in life, these patterns of thought
have potentially problematic socio-political implications,
and they are especially limiting with
regards to creative work. An argument is developed
in defence of the third book type, the rhizome,
as a means of thinking in a non-linear, acentred
and more complex and connected way
about art, oneself and one’s world. At its core,
this thesis works towards establishing a theoretical
framework for the practice of artist books,
showing how, in numerous ways, artist books
encompass this rhizomatic way of thinking. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie tesis omvat ’n verkennende en argumentatiewe
studie wat gemoeid is met die belang
en relevansie van kunstenaarsboeke, soos
gestaaf deur kunsgeskiedkundige navorsing oor
die maniere waarop mense kennis aanbied, organiseer
en vertolk, soos dit in die geskiedenis
van die altyd-veranderende boek gesien word.
Die tesis sluit ook verwante kritiese en teoretiese
besprekings rondom taal en kuns in.
Die struktuur van die tesis gebruik as basis
die drievoudige indeling van boektipes in die
*losowe Deleuze en Guattari se teorie van die
Risoom in hulle werk A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism
and Schizophrenia (1987). Elke boek verteenwoordig
in essensie ’n bepaalde sisteem of
paradigma van denke wat in terme van ’n biologiese
struktuur beskryf word. Die drie tipes is
die Wortelboek, die Fassikulêre of Trosboek, en
die Risoom. Die wortel- en trosstrukture word
uitgewys as alomteenwoordig binne dominante
Westerse denkgewoontes, waar dit beklemtoon
word deur die geneigdheid om elemente rondom
’n enkele sentrale motief te organiseer, en
sodoende binêre opposisies te vorm. Alhoewel
dit nuttig mag wees vir sekere lewenspraktyke,
hou hierdie denkpatrone potensieel problematiese
sosio-politiese implikasies in, en hulle is
besonder beperkend vir kreatiewe werk. Die tesis
ontwikkel verder ’n argument ter verdediging
van die derde boektipe, die risoom, as ’n
wyse om op ’n nie-lineêre, a-sentriese en meer
komplekse en verbonde manier oor kuns, die
self en die wêreld te dink. Die kern van die tesis
is gemoeid met die vestiging van ’n teoretiese
raamwerk vir die praktyk van kunstenaarsboeke,
en dit wys hoe kunstenaarsboeke op velerlei
maniere die risomatiese wyse van denke omvat.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/96908 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Cardoso, Tuscani |
| Contributors | Dietrich, Keith, Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 83 pages : illustrations |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University, Artists' books |
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