Thesis v.2
For those unfortunate enough to have caught me distraught and confused at the tail end of last semester ... well you probably heard about me battling my BA thesis ... well I did end up not passing and is redoing it now... with a slightly different heading and research problem.
For those who didn't get the joy of me spiraling out of control. Well I am doing my BA thesis so I can finally get my BA degree and hopefully be proud I got to do something not a lot of people in my situation get to do! And atop not spending insane amount of time on it (I completed Digital Design in the expected span - my elective is what fucked me over good.)
I have finally set a new thesis startement/ research problem - and to be honest I quite like how it ended up so I thought I'd share! The subject is something that's really near and dear to me (maybe even more than pastry!!!)
"The Brazilian bioartist Eduardo Kac has set three parametres for what Bioart is and they are (1) coaching of bio-materials into specific inert shapes or behaviours; (2) the unusual or subversive use of biotech tools or processes; (3) the invention or transformation of living organisms with or without social or environmental integration. Through analyzing the works "Suspect Inversion Centre" and "Latent Figure Protocol" I will explore how the American artist Paul Vanouse aestheticize and problematize biotechnological techniques and biological materials when he in his works of art deals with genetics and in particular his critique of DNA fingerprints and DNA as being the ultimate truth. How does the works of art deal with their material and what stance do they take in connection with the existing topic, DNA profiling, they are about/deal with"
(the wording is much smoother in Danish and I suck at translating... and apparently more academic English lately - yikes!)
I am actually excited to this thesis ... even if I have no time to really do it ... and my day rhythm is gonna be busted and crap.
For those who didn't get the joy of me spiraling out of control. Well I am doing my BA thesis so I can finally get my BA degree and hopefully be proud I got to do something not a lot of people in my situation get to do! And atop not spending insane amount of time on it (I completed Digital Design in the expected span - my elective is what fucked me over good.)
I have finally set a new thesis startement/ research problem - and to be honest I quite like how it ended up so I thought I'd share! The subject is something that's really near and dear to me (maybe even more than pastry!!!)
"The Brazilian bioartist Eduardo Kac has set three parametres for what Bioart is and they are (1) coaching of bio-materials into specific inert shapes or behaviours; (2) the unusual or subversive use of biotech tools or processes; (3) the invention or transformation of living organisms with or without social or environmental integration. Through analyzing the works "Suspect Inversion Centre" and "Latent Figure Protocol" I will explore how the American artist Paul Vanouse aestheticize and problematize biotechnological techniques and biological materials when he in his works of art deals with genetics and in particular his critique of DNA fingerprints and DNA as being the ultimate truth. How does the works of art deal with their material and what stance do they take in connection with the existing topic, DNA profiling, they are about/deal with"
(the wording is much smoother in Danish and I suck at translating... and apparently more academic English lately - yikes!)
I am actually excited to this thesis ... even if I have no time to really do it ... and my day rhythm is gonna be busted and crap.