Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 10.1 Sensing Noticing that something exists, or sensing it, is an initial experience in the artistic process. Inner voice / listening / collective...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 10. Stimulation The artists that I have studied indicate that they begin the process of creating art with an urge to create. The initial experience of...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 9.2 Core themes (pt 2 of 2) While exploring the use of abstract shapes in the process of art making I noted that colours come next. Kandinsky (1972)...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 9.2 Core themes (pt 1 of 2) The core themes which I developed from my reflections on the actions that I undertook are captured by the chapters’...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.7 Humour Former USA Secretary of State and Ambassador to the UN, Madeleine Albright (2003: 320) asserts that in order to begin a dialogue between...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.6 Data collection and analysis For this research I created short films and videos, poetry, graphic designs, installations, photography,...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.5 Self exploration After years of study, Kant (Lemay & Pitts, 1994: 19) came up with the conclusion that all humans have similar faculties that...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.4 Art practice as a research method 8.1.4.1 DevelopmentIn this PhD research I could have chosen to explore artworks that other artists had already...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.3 In-depth interviews Interviews can be used as a field study and a method to gaining a direct access to the artists, the primary source, as...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.2 Grounded theory Grounded theory is interested in the linking of events through their development, for the purpose of generating a common theme....
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1.1 Phenomenology 8.1.1.1 AgentPrior to the start of this research, in February 2006, I had two distinct modes of thought. One involved being a...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 8.1 Methods The following sections will detail the methods: In section Phenomenology I will discuss the theory behind the phenomenological approach,...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 7.1 Summary of Literature and Intentions of the Investigation The literature cited above scans the developments in art from representing the external...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 7. Literature Review (pt 2 of 2) Carl Jung (1990: 72), discussing creative processes in what he coined ‘extraverted art’, uses a plant as an...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 7. Literature Review (pt 1 of 2) This research draws from the area of visual art studies, English literature critiques, psychology, philosophy and...
Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel. 2. Dedication To the one who is walking beside me for thousands of years now, my wife, and the one who reminds me why we are here, my child. I am...
01. Thesis Title Page Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice Gil Dekel Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirementsfor the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Portsmouth May 2009[formatted for the web...
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By Gil and Natalie Dekel. Below are ideas for art projects that we are planning to carry in our gallery – but the ideas are not complete. They are still general, in a proposal stage, and need some reshaping before we can actually produce them. We are sharing the ideas...
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