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From Lost Industrial Edifices to a Contemporary Fantasia: A From lost industrial edifices to a contemporary fantasia: A practice based investigation which examines the character and form of the post industrial shopping mall environment. BOOTH, Melvin G. Available from Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive (SHURA) at: http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19370/ This document is the author deposited version. You are advised to consult the publisher's version if you wish to cite from it. Published version BOOTH, Melvin G. (2000). From lost industrial edifices to a contemporary fantasia: A practice based investigation which examines the character and form of the post industrial shopping mall environment. Doctoral, Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom).. Copyright and re-use policy See http://shura.shu.ac.uk/information.html Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive http://shura.shu.ac.uk From Lost IndustriaS Edifices to a Contemporary Fantasia A practice based investigation which examines the character and form of the post industrial shopping mall environment Melvin Booth A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of Sheffield Hallam University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy January 2000 ProQuest Number: 10694251 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest ProQuest 10694251 Published by ProQuest LLC(2017). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106- 1346 Abstract The primary aim of this study is to present and investigate the hypotheses that the activity of post-industrial mass consumerism is an act of human drama that takes place within the specially created and constructed environment of the contemporary out of town or regional shopping mall. This is an artificially controlled and manipulative environment that is also a setting of fantasy. It is one that owes the nature of its internal spaces to 'rampant consumerism' (i) - and the nature of its internal appearance and architectural forms to the utilization and application of a pastiche and layering of post-modern historical references. The second aim was to develop a body of visual work through a systematic enquiry of practice based research which would together with a written commentary present both the outcomes of this research and the new knowledge generated through it. Alongside these aims, this study itself has also been a vehicle for developing and examining research processes. The initial investigation is achieved through a contextual review that forms the background against which visual research is undertaken. The visual research is carried out in two ways. Initially separate fantasies, ie:- visual images made in the Meadowhall Shopping Centre and visual images made from G. B. Piranesi's Carceri d' Invenzione, are brought in to association. Subsequently they are then digitally transformed to produce new hybrid visual fantasies. This whole process has also led me to consider my personal transformation from artisan to artist and commentator and to review the impact that change has had on this study. The theses is brought to a close with an analysis of what the investigations and the processes of research have revealed, achieved, and made available to other practitioners through this study. Key concluding points are - .The investigations, processes of research and visual explorations have provided a potential reference for other practitioners and a model for further practice-based research. .The process of Reflective Practice is mutable and can be modified to suit different creative circumstances and artistic intentions. .Reflective Practice produces defensible results which can be interrogated by peers. .The study has laid the ground for my further creative work and the process of reflective practice will continue to inform my activity. Acknowledgements I wish to express my gratitude to Mr Peter Slater my Director of Studies for his supervision throughout his study. I also wish to thank Prof Ann Grebby for her earlier constructive advice in this study. I am also very grateful to Prof Roger Wilson for his continuing constructive advice and support. Thanks must be given to Charles Colquhoun, Don Jackson and other staff at the School of Cultural Studies at Sheffield Hallam University for their interest and advice. I am very grateful to Dr James Sutherland and Jane Farley for their support and encouragement during the course of this study. Thanks must also be given to my friends who have also given me their continuous support and encouragement during this study. I am also very grateful to Jennifer Bloomer Associate Professor of Architecture at Iowa State University for - Architecture and the Text, The (S)crypts of Joyce and Piranesi. A puzzling, but interesting and enjoyable text which prompted me to reflect on the character of research and the space where research takes place. Table of Contents Abstract Acknowledgements Table of contents Chapter 1- Introduction.................................................................................1 1.0.0.Aims Of Research.............................................................................................. 1 1.1.0 Meadowhall and The Carceri d' Invenzione of G. B. Piranesi - A Rationale for Their Introduction In To This Study.....................................1 1.1.1 Meadowhall..................................................................................................1 1.1.2 G. B. Piranesi........................................................................................ 2 1.2.0. Research Approach......................................................................................... 3 1.2.1. Investigative Practices.............................................................................3 1.2.2. Visual Investigations................................................................................ 3 1.2.3. Background and M. Phil. Research......................................................4 1.2.4. Personal Background - An Autobiographical Influence and Insight. 4 1.2.5. The Consequences of Deindustrialization.......................................... 5 1.2.6. Practice Based Investigations-Associations and Transformations 5 1.2.7. Visual Statements.....................................................................................7 1.2.8. Written Statements...................................................................................8 Chapter 2 Reflective Practice - A Methodology of Research..................10 2.0.0. Introduction.......................................................................................................10 2.1.0. Methodology and Method..................................................................... 10 2.1.1. Research Methodology Used In This Study.....................................11 2.2.0 Methods Used In This Study........................................................................11 2.2.1. Investigative Practices...........................................................................11 2.2.2. The Literature Search............................................................................11 2.2.3. Visual Investigations............................................................................... 11 2.3.0. Reflection and Its Purpose............................................................................12 2.3.1. Types of Reflection Within Reflective Practice................................12 2.3.2. Early Reflective Practice....................................................................... 13 2.3.3. Reflection-in-Action and Reflection-on-Action................................. 14 2.3.4. The Unique Situation.............................................................................16 2.3.5. The Reflective Conversation............................................................... 17 2.3.6. The Reflective Conversation - A Personal V ie w ..............................19 2.3.7 Changing Artistic Conventions...........................................................20 2.3.8. Summary.................................................................................................25 Chapter 3 Contextual Review.................................................................... 26 3.0.0. Introduction...................................................................................................... 26 3.1.0. Background To This Study And M. Phil. Research.........................27 3.1.1. A Personal Context To This Research and A Chronology Of Professional Transformation........................................................................... 28 3.1.2. Self Transformation............................................................................... 30 3.1.3. M. Phil. Research - A Study Of Loss and Decline ............31 3.1.4. Lineage Of Artists...................................................................................33 3.1.5. Rationale Of Hypothesis....................................................................... 34 3.1.6. Two Sources Of Practice Research Material Used In This Study ..............................................................................................................................
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