Balkon

Ostan Ožbolt, Gala Alica (author), Barši, Jože (mentor), Stanič, Tomo (co-mentor)

Namen diplomskega dela je raziskati in analizirati mnoštvo pomenov, ki jih v sebi skriva element balkona. Tematike balkona sem definirala v odnosu do zasebne in javne sfere ter pogledala spremembe, ki so se v njih pojavile v času pandemije covida-19 in zaprtja javnega življenja. Ker dejanje prestopa na balkon nikoli ni nevtralno, sem se osredotočila na pomen zunanjega pogleda in posledično samoregulacijo osebe na balkonu. Za boljše razumevanje sem uporabila Panoptikon, arhitekturno idejo Jeremyja Benthama, in ga nadgradila s teorijo biopolitike in biooblasti Michela Foucaulta. Poskušala sem najti vzporednice med sodobnimi oblikami oblasti, kot jih definira Maurizio Lazzarato, ter relacijami, ki jih vzpostavi balkon. Ne samo da je balkon zaradi svoje pozicije moči v vertikalni hierarhiji simbolno povezan s podobo vladarja, ampak je prav tako skozi zgodovino priljubljen prostor za podobo pasivnega ženskega lika kot objekt želje moškega pogleda. Pogovori s tremi mladimi ženskami niso le raziskali pozicije ženske na balkonu, temveč so tudi poudarili dualnost občutka izključenosti in hkratnega močnega povezovalnega potenciala balkona.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: kiparstvo, balkon, prostor, javno, zasebno, panoptikon, biopolitika, oblast, pozicija ženske, diplomska naloga
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: ALUO - Academy of Fine Arts and Design
• Year: 2022
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-140379
• Publication date in RUL: 14.09.2022

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Balcony

Abstract

This work aims to explore and analyse the many meanings of the balcony element. I have defined the theme of the balcony in relation to the private and public spheres and examined the changes that have taken place in these spheres during the pandemic of Covid-19 and the closure of public life. Since the act of entering a balcony is never neutral, I have focused on the importance of the external gaze and the consequent self-regulation of the person on the balcony. For a better understanding, I used the panopticon, an architectural idea by Jeremy Bentham, and built on it with Michel Foucault's theory of biopolitics and biopower. I tried to find parallels between the contemporary forms of power defined by Maurizio Lazzarato and the relations established by the balcony. The balcony is not only symbolically linked to the image of the ruler due to its position of power in the vertical hierarchy, but throughout history, it has also been a popular space for the image of the passive female figure as an object of desire for the male gaze. The interviews with the three young women not only explore women's positions on the balcony but also highlight the duality of the balcony's sense of exclusion and its simultaneously powerful connective potential.

• Keywords: sculpture, balcony, space, public, private, panopticon, biopolitics, power, position of the women, BA thesis