Carnal Identity at Intercultural Spaces

Lenka Klimesova
Masterarbeit, 2014
Interface Cultures

The practical and theoretical part of the thesis deals with the topic of mimesis. It focuses primarily on themes such asmimicry, mask, masquerade and camouflage. The text is set in the context of visual culture theory, gender and postcolonial studies, sociology, semiology, epistemology and media art scene. The practical part deals primarily with the concept of performance including an interaction between spectator andauthor based on the theory of gaze. The body is exposed like aplayful tangible disguise revealing social construct. The thesis primarily concentrates on mimesis as mimicry –pretending the example, instead of imitation - following the example. Individual theories and artworks focus on different ways of perceiving and identifying mimesis in five cases: mimesis insociety, in reality, in play, in art and in interaction. Mimesis mostly appears in combination with the above mentioned casestherefore I use the term spatial mimesis because it always exists in combinations, such as carnal identity within intercultural spaces.

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