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Sandra Adams

My research addresses how belonging is experienced through understandings of the sacred, through relations to place and through the process of making.
Supervisors: Joan Wardrop, Ann Schilo, and Noel Nannup

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Research paper thumbnail of A 21st century pilgrim’s progress: art practice, place and the sacred

To the best of my knowledge and belief this thesis contains no material previously published by a... more To the best of my knowledge and belief this thesis contains no material previously published by any other person except where due acknowledgment has been made. This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university.

Research paper thumbnail of A 21st Century Pilgrim's Progress: art practice, place and the sacred

The artworks and exegesis that comprise this body of work explore what it means to belong - in pl... more The artworks and exegesis that comprise this body of work explore what it means to belong - in place, in a lineage and in relation to the sacred - and seek to understand how art practice works to interrogate and address the alienating effects of dislocation, transience and otherness. The work is driven by the sense of ‘homelessness’ and non-belonging I experience as a result of my position as a Euro-American migrant to Australia and also by the sense of otherness that results from my uneasy relationship with the sacred.

Research paper thumbnail of A 21st century pilgrim’s progress: art practice, place and the sacred

To the best of my knowledge and belief this thesis contains no material previously published by a... more To the best of my knowledge and belief this thesis contains no material previously published by any other person except where due acknowledgment has been made. This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university.

Research paper thumbnail of A 21st Century Pilgrim's Progress: art practice, place and the sacred

The artworks and exegesis that comprise this body of work explore what it means to belong - in pl... more The artworks and exegesis that comprise this body of work explore what it means to belong - in place, in a lineage and in relation to the sacred - and seek to understand how art practice works to interrogate and address the alienating effects of dislocation, transience and otherness. The work is driven by the sense of ‘homelessness’ and non-belonging I experience as a result of my position as a Euro-American migrant to Australia and also by the sense of otherness that results from my uneasy relationship with the sacred.

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