Abstract
The site, scenario and aftermath of terrorist suicide attack leaves traumatic impressions in the mind of everyone that beholds it. These impressions vary from psychological, pain, pity, depression, anger and in some cases leads to inspiration to act or do something either negative or positive. Sometimes, the impression such horror attacks leave in the mind of researchers and artists, different from the feeling of empathy is the urge to be able to represent such heinous acts in literary or visual forms to raise further conversation that will place it constantly at the front burner of societal challenges that needs concerted effort from government and stakeholders to tackle. This study employs studio-based method of enquiry in the form of construction and deconstruction of clay forms for metaphoric usage. This manner of clay handling has been able to portray in tactile form the scene of aftermath of suicide attack. In this way, shattering terror attacks is conceived and portrayed in metaphoric manner, away from the usual documentary and photographic that is the norm in literary forms. This study has further pointed out the salient role ceramic art can play in social commentary other than the traditional importance of “cups and plates”.
Presenters
Jonathan Ebute OkewuPostdoctoral Fellow, Fine Arts and Jewelery, Durban University of Technology, South Africa, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
The Arts in Social, Political, and Community Life
KEYWORDS
SHATTERING, TERROR ATTACKS, CONSTRUCTION, DECONSTRUCTION, CONCEPTUAL CERAMICS
