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    Being scripted
    CUST, VERONICA ( 2012)
    This thesis examines the role of materiality and site-specificity in generating performancebased film work. In focus, is how the body can be scripted, prompted, or instructed by thephysical characteristics of objects and spaces that it encounters. Historical and contemporaryvideo art and filmmaking practices are surveyed bringing into question the parameters of“object” and “performance” shaped through the medium of film. This paper and the creativework that has subsequently developed, considers the potential of film, to facilitate performancethrough its embodied sense of time and durational framing.This thesis is separated into three sections, which examine the foundations and outcomes of myproject with reference to creative practices that have influenced and shaped my understandingof the dynamic nature between performance and film. The first section identifies with myrelationship to sculptural practice, and works to unpack the elements of this discourse withreference to objects, space and the performing body. The second section revolves around“repetition” as a generative force within the context of performance. Practices and texts areexamined that illustrate the relationship between actions and futile outcomes. The final sectionof this paper focuses on the impact of specific cinematic practices, which have played a seminalrole in the development of my conceptual and technical relationship to performance and themoving image. This thesis is separated into three sections, which examine the foundations and outcomes of my project with reference to creative practices that have influenced and shaped my understanding of the dynamic nature between performance and film. The first section identifies with my relationship to sculptural practice, and works to unpack the elements of this discourse with reference to objects, space and the performing body. The second section revolves around “repetition” as a generative force within the context of performance. Practices and texts are examined that illustrate the relationship between actions and futile outcomes. The final section of this paper focuses on the impact of specific cinematic practices, which have played a seminal role in the development of my conceptual and technical relationship to performance and the moving image.
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    “Without the room to roam we are but contained”
    FREIHAUT, HEIDI ( 2012)
    “Without the room to roam we are but contained” is an investigation into why the body travels between the security of one place, and on to foreign ‘unknown’ spaces. This research has been achieved through my direct experience of places with high public circulation: the airport and the hotel room, in countries such as Japan and India. My observations about Nomadic movement in these surroundings were reinforced by this ‘Neu Nomad’s’ reading list of classic literature. This included Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Rimbaud and Jack Kerouac, to name but a few. Further research on the spatial philosophies of Henri Bergson and Yi Fu Tuan has been contrasted with a personalised spatial ethos. In order to visualise themes of Nomadism and connection to place, I created temporary studio sites in selected overseas locations. This study addresses the notion that ‘the spaces in between’: breaks in dialogue, the halts within space and missed connections, are the key factors in a Nomadic existence. These are the things that provide us with opportunities to roam in ‘duration’ beyond containment.