The past is rotting in the future: Exploring the Aesthetics of Absence in the daily life

Alexandra Corcode

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The Past is Rotting in the Future: Exploring the Aesthetics of Absence in Daily Life, embarks on an exploration of absence within the human daily life, examining its manifestation through relations, processes, and objects. It seeks to understand how absence is not merely a void but a significant presence that shapes perception, memory, and imagination. Through a multi-disciplinary approach that integrates personal narrative with academic writing, this research investigates the ways in which absence is performed, textured, and materialized. Central to the thesis is how photography, as both a personal and artistic practice, serves as a critical medium for discussing and visualizing absence, navigating through personal experiences of loss, and broader philosophical questions about how absence influences and constitutes our understanding of the world.

type	research exposition
keywords	PHOTOGRAPHY, absence, memory, materiality, presence, Tracing, perception, visuality
date	29/05/2024
published	31/05/2024
last modified	31/05/2024
status	published
share status	public
affiliation	Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
copyright	Alexandra Corcode
license	All rights reserved
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2845886/2845885
published in	Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
portal issue	2. Publications 2024

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