The art of homecoming

- Heron, Julie

Title
The art of homecoming
Creator
Heron, Julie
Date
2002
Type
Text; Thesis; Masters
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/43455
Identifier
vital:1025
Abstract
This project is concerned with exploring a particular cluster of ideas and stories concerning Homecoming, most notably the presence of the Woman Who Waits for the traveller to return. Underlying the storied aspects of the visual work are the deeper intentions of soulfulness, personal therapy and social interaction. Although profoundly autobiographical, the metaphoric images I have produced are not only a means to touch others but are inclusive of a broader experience than simply my own. Throughout the following exegesis I draw on the disciplines of psychology, sociology, mythology and history, to explore the metaphoric presences of the deities Hestia and Hermes and their relationship to ideas of Home and Not - Home. Particular qualities associated with Home may, for the traveller, become symbolically embodied within the figure of The Woman Who Waits. This simple perception of The Woman Who Waits, and the process of waiting for the traveller to return was explored and expanded through autobiographic art practice combined with visual and theoretical research. Throughout the project the expression of emotive autobiographic issues through the running use of metaphor has been combined with increasing technical control and subtlety along with sustained explorations of spatial and compositional dynamics.; Masters (Visual Arts)
Publisher
University of Ballarat
Rights
Copyright Julie Heron
Rights
Open Access
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject
Art; Home; Australian Digital Thesis
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