The Media/Games of the Doll - Contemporary Artists' Interest in Surrealism
Sigrid Schade

Historic materials, related to the phantasy of the doll and ist adaptation in the context of media art is listed under the heading of «Doll-Bodies.» Sigrid Schade discusses the importance of the uncanny for the use of media in art and analyzes the intense inspection by contemporary artists of Surrealist image motifs-mannequin, doll, body fragment, automaton, wax figure-that at the same time comprises a return of the figurative or of body (fragments) to various artistic productions and media. [more]

The return of the doll The tradition of dolls and the notion of the uncanny Contemporary artists and their «dolls» The return of the repressed Gender representation, body (fragment) and pornography Medialized perception and reflection in the media Projections Feasibilities Perception games