Uncanniness and the everyday: Exploring the uncanny through vernacular photography and painting

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Mung Fei Wong

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How can painting express the concept of uncanniness, as discussed by philosopher Martin Heidegger and surrealist writer Haruki Murakami? This research question is the basis of my Honours project. I am making a series of figurative paintings based on a personal collection of photographs that depict ostensibly routine everyday scenes. Using artistic techniques such as abstraction and illusion, I explore different ways of amplifying what I see as possible instances of the uncanny in these photographic sources.

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