Apart : towards the dissolution of the negative dialectic found in artistic exhibition through the adaptive reuse of the Sunnyside Post Office into an art complex

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dc.contributor.advisor Van der Wath, Elana
dc.contributor.postgraduate Kloes, Kimberley, C.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-05-26T08:37:08Z
dc.date.available 2015-05-26T08:37:08Z
dc.date.created 2015
dc.date.issued 2014 en_ZA
dc.description Dissertation (MInt(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2014. en_ZA
dc.description.abstract Through the consideration of Adorno’s theory of ‘negative dialectics’ the existing society of art is in a state of alienation. This idea considers units of similarity abstracted from one another and thereby establishing an opposition; a negative dialectic relationship between creatives. “Instead of belonging to the world, man put himself rationally and critically opposite it...“ (Jencks & Baird, 1969, p. 216). The concept that a future can exist free from alienation lends toward a future of collaborative community considered within the context of cultural production. Culture is not merely the manifestation of the human mind into a creative material medium; it is also a mechanism of interaction developed through social behaviour such as a custom or an idea. Kristeva’s construct, ‘the abject’ (that which is neither subject nor object), is used to define the scope of this project. Producing culture using space is not defining object in space nor is it defining subject in space. The triadic interaction between object, subject and abject is important in understanding the cultural system within the built environment. This is conceptually intended to manifest the communal identity of creatives within the host building. Considering the explicit (whereby knowledge and social interaction are produced) and implicit (which considers action between object and subject) relationships reinforces the argument. The understanding of the relationship between cultural media and mediators is to be explored spatially in the adaptive reuse of the Sunnyside Post Office into a production house and exhibition space, utilising social applications to defining a model for a creative cohesion. en_ZA
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dc.description.degree MInt(Prof)
dc.description.department Architecture en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Kloes, K 2014, Apart : towards the dissolution of the negative dialectic found in artistic exhibition through the adaptive reuse of the Sunnyside Post Office into an art complex, MInt(Prof) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45271>
dc.identifier.other A2015
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45271
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher University of Pretoria en_ZA
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dc.subject Negative dialectic en_ZA
dc.subject Cultural production en_ZA
dc.subject Exhibition design en_ZA
dc.subject Creative cohesion en_ZA
dc.subject Abject en_ZA
dc.subject UCTD
dc.title Apart : towards the dissolution of the negative dialectic found in artistic exhibition through the adaptive reuse of the Sunnyside Post Office into an art complex en_ZA
dc.type Mini Dissertation en_ZA


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