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My practice-related research furthers the discussion on artists’ books — and it’s peripheries, such as visual poetry — using the relevance theory of language interpretation as a framework to expand the conversation on multimodal art objects.

Mug Cup Knife Ladle
Mug Cup Knife Ladle, Egidija Ciricaite, 2016, matrixed layers of letter grids on transfer paper contained in a foiled sleeve, 20 x 27 cm
Egidija Circaite
Egidija Circaite
those frivolous readers
those frivolous readers, Egidija Ciricaite, 2015, semi translucent cover; sensual feather-light pages printed on Japanese paper
fragmEnt
fragmEnt, Egidija Ciricaite, 2018, folded. Printed on one single sheet of bible paper
{metaphorically looking][anger]
{metaphorically looking][anger], Egidija Ciricaite, 2016, Constructed from a range of cheap and expensive papers.
SHIFTING sands of time
SHIFTING sands of time, Egidija Ciricaite, 2016, layers of digitally printed transfer paper
{metaphorically looking][anger]
{metaphorically looking][anger], Egidija Ciricaite, 2016, constructed from a range of cheap and expensive papers
Mug Cup Knife Ladle
Mug Cup Knife Ladle, Egidija Ciricaite, 2016, matrixed layers of letter grids on transfer paper contained in a foiled sleeve, 20 x 27 cm

Relevance theory is a cognitively orientated theory of pragmatics, which focuses on aspects of interpretation. It considers how attention gets captured; it then follows inferential process to describe the effects the reader may experience. As a linguistics theory, it is centred on written and spoken language, however, I believe that its fundamental ideas are extendible beyond pure language study and are particularly illuminating in respect to artists’ books.

The study is conducted using UCL Special Collections and it is framed by a series of publications: artists’ books as well as projects, exhibitions, events, integrating theoretical research with my creative practice.

Website: www.egidija.com

Supervisors

Primary supervisor: Sharon Morris
Secondary supervisors: Robyn Carston (Dept. of Linguistics), Lesley Sharpe