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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.show moreshow less

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Document Type:Master's Thesis
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):License Logo Creative Commons 4.0 - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell-Keine Bearbeitung (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)