The present thesis focuses on Tacita Dean, a versatile contemporary British artist working in the fields of photography, drawing and analogue film, which is the focus of the thesis. The form of the thesis itself follows her films, which also chronologically coincides with her work, with some more attention paid to her key projects such as Homage to Marcel Brootdthaers, Green Ray, Film and Portraits. Tacita Dean is primarily interested in the relationship and connection of the analogue record with the phenomenon of chance (contingency), and her stance is firmly defined by her insistence on the analogue medium. She sees the abandonment of analogue film, as well as its production, in favour of digital recording as an irreparable loss. Her films are poetic but always have a solid background of meaning and content. They refer to writers such as W.G. Sebald, while raising questions in terms of reflection and theoretical analysis. The theoretical framework of the thesis is not given in isolation, but is considered as an integral part of the author's oeuvre, drawing on already classical thinkers such as Walter Benjamin, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida, and contemporary theorists such as Rosalind Krauss, Hal Foster and Claire Bishop. At the same time, attention is paid to the writings of the artist herself, to the writings of critics and curators, as well as to a series of conversations and interviews published on the websites to accompany her exhibitions.
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