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Falsa Seringueira: Rubber Trees and the Materiality of the Unseen
- The theme of this project is the colonial history of the natural rubber industry. It focuses on two species of tropical plants: Ficus elastica and Hevea brasiliensis. Geographically their native habitat is very distant from each other, but they connect by European influence through the exploitation of latex. The many forms and outcomes from this work manifest the attempt of the artist to createThe theme of this project is the colonial history of the natural rubber industry. It focuses on two species of tropical plants: Ficus elastica and Hevea brasiliensis. Geographically their native habitat is very distant from each other, but they connect by European influence through the exploitation of latex. The many forms and outcomes from this work manifest the attempt of the artist to create an association between a common household plant, the origin of its name, and the source of rubber. As a ghostly connective tissue, the latex surrounds reconstructed history, old prints, live plants, and drawings, accepting the material's capacity to both erase and preserve the past.…
Document Type: | Master's Thesis |
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Author: | Master Sarah Pacheco Alvim |
DOI (Cite-Link): | https://doi.org/10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4846Cite-Link |
URN (Cite-Link): | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230105-48467Cite-Link |
Referee: | Prof. Ursula DammORCiDGND, Jörg BrinkmannORCiD |
Advisor: | Prof. Ursula DammORCiDGND, Jörg BrinkmannORCiD |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2022/12/17 |
Date of first Publication: | 2022/08/22 |
Date of final exam: | 2022/09/29 |
Release Date: | 2023/01/05 |
Publishing Institution: | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar |
Granting Institution: | Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Fakultät Medien |
Institutes and partner institutions: | Fakultät Kunst und Gestaltung / Medienkunst/Mediengestaltung |
Pagenumber: | 128 |
Tag: | art installation; colonialism; history; natural latex; rubber industry |
GND Keyword: | Kautschuk; Gummi; Kolonialismus; Kunst; Geschichte |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 700 Künste und Unterhaltung |
BKL-Classification: | 20 Kunstwissenschaften |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons 4.0 - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |