Unravelling the Monstrosities Within : How can characters in stop motion animation illustrate the monstrosities that live inside us and help us to be kind to them?

Description

This paper looks upon monsters as a medium; how concentration of fear can result in the demonisation of individuals. It explores how the use of craft, with a focus on stop motion animation, can be used as a tool to build empathy and help to heal fragmentations of society. Working with contemporary mythologies, crafted techniques are metaphorically related to the fragility of societal structures and collective narratives. Hand crafting references relics of consumer culture and explores variable autonomies over personal narrative, investigating imbalances of power.

Links & Downloads

1. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-8603

Tags

monsters

empathy

mythology

narrative

humour

weird

uncanny

craft

stop motion animation.

Visual Arts

Bildkonst

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:konstfack-8603
Date	January 2022
Creators	Abbott, Elizabeth
Publisher	Konstfack, Ädellab
Source Sets	DiVA Archive at Upsalla University
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Format	application/pdf
Rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess