Empty house

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dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributor.advisorVan der Lei, Anna-Marie
dc.contributor.advisorFagerlund, Hilkka-Maija
dc.contributor.authorMussi Weidlich, Nathalia
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Designen
dc.contributor.departmentMuotoilun laitosfi
dc.contributor.schoolTaiteiden ja suunnittelun korkeakoulufi
dc.contributor.schoolSchool of Arts, Design and Architectureen
dc.contributor.supervisorKareoja, Pentti
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-28T12:57:58Z
dc.date.available2018-06-28T12:57:58Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractAt the center of this work is an empty house and the urgency to keep memories safe. Our memories don’t exist in a vacuum, they are born from instances of reality. Buildings and fabrics, the spaces where we live our lives, the layers that involve our bodies, have the power to trigger memories. However, a memory is not a safely stored footage of reality. The act of remembering is entangled with imagination as we inadvertently seek for a coherent narrative. Familiar places have an important role in safeguarding memories, they are ever present as we carry out our lives and they change drastically in the circumstance of death. This MA thesis is a personal reflection on the relationship of memory, presence and place in the context of loss: a reflection that is carried simultaneously in writing as in weaving. It encompasses a research through the fields of Philosophy of Memory and Phenomenology, pulling a thread from the topic of memory and following it through connections to imagination, narrative, emotion and language, presence the immateriality of the dwelling space and the subjective dimension of time. The researched topics are interwoven with personal stories and with the making of a thin metallic fabric, embracing reflections on the meaning of the empty house while turning to the process of hand weaving to create a site specific artifact.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/32305
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201806283714
dc.language.isoenen
dc.locationP1 OPINNÄYTTEET D 2018 Mussi Weidlich
dc.programmeProduct and Spatial Designen
dc.subject.keywordmemoryen
dc.subject.keywordarchitectureen
dc.subject.keywordtextilesen
dc.subject.keywordweavingen
dc.subject.keywordmetalen
dc.titleEmpty houseen
dc.typeG2 Pro gradu, diplomityöfi
dc.type.ontasotMaster's thesisen
dc.type.ontasotMaisterin opinnäytefi
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