In the two essays that make up my thesis – ‘Making the Band (2.5x Speed)’ and ‘White Bronco’ – I first analize appropriation in wider sociological context and, secondly, the application of appropriation in my own work. ‘Making the Band (2.5x Speed); is based on a comparison of sampling — the music production techique — with artistic appropriation. An interpretation of the development of these practices, from the era of postmodernism to the contemporary state or metamodernism – as defined by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker – serves as an analysis of new tactics through which art expresses the conditions in which it is created. In ‘White Bronco’ I define the semantic role of appropriation in my own practice, through a formal and conceptual analysis, as well as the description of the process of designing and creating my works. In the essay this is elaborated through a defenition of the role of the referent in the appropriated images used for my works, an analysis of the painting technique that renders the images, and a final analysis of the content established by these aspects.
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