Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Subject "Art"
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Artefact Books: Towards a Multi-field Analytical Framework for Literary Research
(2011-09-30)While the most fundamental object of literary studies is often the codex, in this age of digital and electronic sensory inundation, it would seem that the physical book has a limited lifespan. However, the technologies ... -
Between realities: investigating temporal relations between stillness and movement in contemporary artists' lens-based imagery
(2017-02-23)Temporal registers of stillness and movement in lens-based imagery, traditionally defined under the terms of photography and film, are in many ways two faces of the same coin, one representing time as a frozen moment and ... -
Cultural glocalization or resistance? Interrogating the production of YouTube videos at an Irish summer college through practice-based research
(2017-03)This thesis includes the film Dúshlán Lurgan/The Lurgan Challenge and a written exegesis which reflects on the film's 'generative performance'. The film asks if making Irish-language versions of music videos in English at ... -
The decoration of the litterae notabiliores in the Cathach of Columcille
(NUI Galway, 2019-09-02)The aim of this study is to examine the litterae notabiliores of what is known as the Cathach of Colum Cille (RIA MS. 12 R 33), the manuscript of a fragment of a psalter said to have been written in the late sixth century ... -
Reclaiming the status of marginalised groups -- combining expanded portraiture, documentary, and VR
(NUI Galway, 2024-04-15)This research project explores the innovative combination of expanded portraiture, documentary films, and virtual reality to reclaim the status of Chinese veterans within Chinese society. By integrating diverse forms of ... -
Suspended pratfalls: Slapstick in contemporary art
(2018-02-22)This thesis considers a comedic trend in contemporary art that engages in a process of critical enquiry towards its own material structure and contextual frameworks. Certain contemporary artists employ a form of critical ...