Elfriede Dreyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5226845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elfriede Dreyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elfriede |
| FAMILY NAME | Dreyer |
| SIGNATURE | DREYER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6367-0277 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Willem Boshoff (Ivan Vladislavic)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Sandile Zulu (Colin Richards)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Rubber Ducks and Ships of Fools
The trope of boat figures centrally in Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's travelling public artwork, Rubber duck (2007–2016); in the media images of migrant refugees arriving at European destinations by boat since 2015; and in British artist Paul McCarthy's Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools (2010). Functioning as a hybrid vessel containing conceptions of global and nomadic transitivity, the image of boat forms the coalescing crux of the discourse in this …
Liminality in the transformation of light during the process of photography
In this article, the concept of liminality is examined as it relates to the photographic process. It is examined how, at the time of exposure, light enters the darkened space of the camera through the aperture, and is then inverted and transformed to create an image on the light-sensitive medium inside the camera, using either film or digital sensors. Photographic images represent objects and data in front of the camera at the time of exposure. T…
Functionality and Social Modernism in the Work of Untrained South African Artists
Many artists from rural areas in the global south are driven by the functionality of the art object and of naturalism in communicating the urgency of redressing sociopolitical conditions. This article does not advocate a return to the totalising idea of an ‘undifferentiated’ Africa as found in Outsiderist views on Africa, which still reflect stereotype and the conjuring of sensational spectacles of perceived Others. In sectors of the global south…
Themes of genetic engineering and the homunculus in Patricia Piccinini's sculptural installation, We are Family
In this article Patricia Piccinini's We are Family of 2003 is considered in terms of the concept of the genetic homunculus, which can be understood as the product of artifice. The genetically engineered human being is investigated within the context of alchemic and post-human discourse, with specific reference to the ideas of Donna Haraway and Jean Baudrillard. It is maintained that, although it is as yet impossible to accurately predict what the…
Articulations of the city as a gendered construct
In this article, the construct of the city is interpreted as a technological, artificial environment as well as a gendered construct. Within this context, depictions of the archetypal city dweller and the gaze in the urban environment are explored in selected nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary and visual texts
William Kentridge at the National Gallery in Cape Town: A retrospective exhibition
"William Kentridge at the National Gallery in Cape Town: a retrospective exhibition." de arte, 38(68), pp. 50–51
Valerie Bester
Reals illusions virtuality artifice
In this article, representations of "real" are investigated in selected technological contexts. It is maintained that, at present, the prevalent technological sophistication in art-making processes creates diffused boundaries between notions of the real and the non-real due to the naturalism inherent in digital artmaking processes in which photographs or video often forms the 'raw' or foundation material. It is demonstrated that the development o…
Themes of genetic engineering and the homunculus in Patricia Piccinini's sculptural installation, We are Family
In this article Patricia Piccinini's We are Family of 2003 is considered in terms of the concept of the genetic homunculus, which can be understood as the product of artifice. The genetically engineered human being is investigated within the context of alchemic and post-human discourse, with specific reference to the ideas of Donna Haraway and Jean Baudrillard. It is maintained that, although it is as yet impossible to accurately predict what the…
Valerie Bester
Reals illusions virtuality artifice
In this article, representations of "real" are investigated in selected technological contexts. It is maintained that, at present, the prevalent technological sophistication in art-making processes creates diffused boundaries between notions of the real and the non-real due to the naturalism inherent in digital artmaking processes in which photographs or video often forms the 'raw' or foundation material. It is demonstrated that the development o…
William Kentridge at the National Gallery in Cape Town: A retrospective exhibition
"William Kentridge at the National Gallery in Cape Town: a retrospective exhibition." de arte, 38(68), pp. 50–51
Articulations of the city as a gendered construct
In this article, the construct of the city is interpreted as a technological, artificial environment as well as a gendered construct. Within this context, depictions of the archetypal city dweller and the gaze in the urban environment are explored in selected nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary and visual texts
Themes of genetic engineering and the homunculus in Patricia Piccinini's sculptural installation, We are Family
In this article Patricia Piccinini's We are Family of 2003 is considered in terms of the concept of the genetic homunculus, which can be understood as the product of artifice. The genetically engineered human being is investigated within the context of alchemic and post-human discourse, with specific reference to the ideas of Donna Haraway and Jean Baudrillard. It is maintained that, although it is as yet impossible to accurately predict what the…
Functionality and Social Modernism in the Work of Untrained South African Artists
Many artists from rural areas in the global south are driven by the functionality of the art object and of naturalism in communicating the urgency of redressing sociopolitical conditions. This article does not advocate a return to the totalising idea of an ‘undifferentiated’ Africa as found in Outsiderist views on Africa, which still reflect stereotype and the conjuring of sensational spectacles of perceived Others. In sectors of the global south…
Liminality in the transformation of light during the process of photography
In this article, the concept of liminality is examined as it relates to the photographic process. It is examined how, at the time of exposure, light enters the darkened space of the camera through the aperture, and is then inverted and transformed to create an image on the light-sensitive medium inside the camera, using either film or digital sensors. Photographic images represent objects and data in front of the camera at the time of exposure. T…
Rubber Ducks and Ships of Fools
The trope of boat figures centrally in Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's travelling public artwork, Rubber duck (2007–2016); in the media images of migrant refugees arriving at European destinations by boat since 2015; and in British artist Paul McCarthy's Ship Adrift, Ship of Fools (2010). Functioning as a hybrid vessel containing conceptions of global and nomadic transitivity, the image of boat forms the coalescing crux of the discourse in this …
Willem Boshoff (Ivan Vladislavic)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Sandile Zulu (Colin Richards)
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde is an online, peer-reviewed, accredited scholarly journal which publishes original, previously unpublished research and overview articles on theoretical, applied or comparative aspects of African literatures and cultural practices
Sociology (6 works) · History (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)