Wardill, Emily (2008) The Diamond (Descartes' Daughter). [Art/Design Item]
| Type of Research: | Art/Design Item | ||||||||||||
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| Creators: | Wardill, Emily | ||||||||||||
| Description: | The Diamond (Descartes' Daughter) takes as its starting point the mythical story of Descartes's construction of an automaton modelled on his dead daughter, and interweaves this narrative with a re-creation of a half-remembered film scene featuring a diamond protected by lasers. |
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| Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > Central Saint Martins | ||||||||||||
| Date: | September 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Related Websites: | http://www.jonathanvinergallery.com/exhibitions/sea_oak__the_diamond_descartes_daughter, http://www.kunstverein-wiesbaden.de/en/publications-editions/publications-editions/emily-wardill-the-diamond-sea-oak-2773.html, http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/forthcoming-events/exhibition/aberdeen-art-gallery-the-diamond-descartes-daughterily-wardill, http://www.contemporaryartsociety.org/forthcoming-events/event/the-diamond-descartes-daughter-2008ily-wardill, http://www.afterall.org/online/artists.at.work.emily.wardill | ||||||||||||
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| Related Publications: | 'SEA OAK/ The Diamond (Descartes Daughter) / Texts by Dan Foxc, Elke Gruhn & Katharina Klara Jung (Bielefeld: Kerber Verlag, 2008) ISBN 9783866782099 | ||||||||||||
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| Material/Media: | 16mm film | ||||||||||||
| Measurements or Duration of item: | 10 minutes, 51 seconds | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2013 14:07 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2013 14:07 | ||||||||||||
| Item ID: | 5933 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/5933 |
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