Browsing Visual Arts by UP Author "Du Preez, Amanda"

Browsing Visual Arts by UP Author "Du Preez, Amanda"

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  • Antwoord gooi zef liminality : of monsters, carnivals and affects 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria, 2011)
    Traditionally considered to be the breeding ground of the monstrous, the limen is the non-place where hybrids congeal and mutate into extraordinary amalgamations. The latest cultural phenomenon of zef as embodied in ...
  • Astronaut space selfies : soft polluter or marvelous messenger? 
    Du Preez, Amanda (IGI Global, 2020)
    This article uses a philosophical hermeneutic perspective to present a reading of selected astronaut space selfies by drawing on ideas of Michel Serres, Paul Virilio, Hannah Arendt, Bonnie Mann, Joanna Zylinska, Nicholas ...
  • Hysterical representation in the art of Mary Sibande 
    Scheffer, Anne; Stevens, Ingrid; Du Preez, Amanda (Unisa Press, 2017-12)
    The character, Sophie, a domestic worker who is invariably deeply immersed in fantasy, appears throughout Mary Sibande’s oeuvre (ranging from Long Live the Dead Queen (2009), to the series, The Purple Shall Govern (2013, ...
  • (Im)Materiality : on the matter of art 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    If one of the leading media theorist of the twentieth century, Marshall McLuhan's dictum, namely that 'the medium is the message' holds true, how does it apply to the medium of art? Does McLuhan's statement reveal something ...
  • Mandela poster project collective : Mandela : icon lost and regained 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Department of Visual Arts, University of Pretoria, 2013)
    The Mandela Poster Project Collective, in partnership with the University of Pretoria, presented an international exhibition of 95 posters celebrating the life of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela between 17 and 26 July 2013. The ...
  • The Marikana massacre : seeing it all 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Routledge, 2015-12)
    The Marikana massacre ruptured the South African sociopolitical horizon in August 2012. This analysis aims to expose or make visible the scopic regimes at work when interpreting the event. By referencing Judith Butler’s ...
  • 'Material girls' : lingering in the presence of the material sublime 
    Du Preez, Amanda (2010-03)
    By exploring selected, recent works produced by amongst others Zanele Muholi, Nandipha Mntambo, Tracey Rose and Leora Farber it is the aim of this essay to trace a possible resurgence of the real through the depiction ...
  • Om kop te hou : liggaamlikheid en kontemporere kuberkultuur 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2012-12)
    The expression “getting (a)head” will be utilised in this article as an analytical key in order to present a critical reading of the meeting of and interaction between bodies and new technologies. The main aim is to ...
  • Performing the virtual double : notes on self-amputation and self-amplification 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Southern African Communication Association, 2016-07)
    In what follows the idea of the online double is historically contextualised and analysed. Beginning with the contemporary idea of the ‘selfie’ as online self-induced double, I proceed to discuss the Doppelgänger’s ...
  • Re-imagining place, home and belonging Up in the Air 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Routledge, 2015-03)
    By offering a close reading of Jason Reitman’s film Up in the Air (2009), the demands on and the invisibility of place, home and belonging in the contemporary moment of global mobility are explored. How do we re-imagine ...
  • Rekspring en die eKstreme sublieme 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Assosiasie, 2004)
    This article traces the relation between bungee jumping as eXtreme sport and the experience culture that we live in. It is argued that the sublime has been commodified to suit consumers' preferences and choices. The higher ...
  • The role of memes in the construction of Facebook personae 
    Du Preez, Amanda; Lombard, Elanie (Routledge, 2014-09)
    This research is based on the assumption that social media sites – such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – have changed the way in which memes (culturally transmitted ideas) are transmitted or spread. It is argued that ...
  • Selfuitbeelding en Facebook : 'n estetika van verdwyning? 
    Du Preez, Amanda (LitNet, 2013-03)
    Die selfportret beleef tans 'n oplewing aanlyn en word deur sommiges selfs as die volkskuns van die digitale era bestempel. Boonop maak die algemene toegang tot web- en selfoonkameras dit moontlik vir iedereen om hulle eie ...
  • Sublime selfies : to witness death 
    Du Preez, Amanda (Sage, 2018)
    Selfies have become more dangerous than sharks, if the 15 reported selfie deaths in 2015 are compared to the 8 shark attacks in the same year. Determining the exact parameters for a selfie death or death by selfie is ...