Bridging the Thesis at the JRD24. Credits: Alex Schröder
Bridging the Thesis: Alumni Presentation/Q&A and Thesis Exhibition
Th 13 Nov 2025 16:00 – 18:00 - Library KABK, Prinsessegracht 4, The Hague
The KABK Theory Platform presents Bridging the Thesis, a conversation with two alumni, Lucy Bink (BA Photography) and Nadia Sotirova Abadjieva (BA Interactive Media Design I/M/D), about their thesis research, writing process, practice, and the bridges between them. The conversation is moderated by fourth year I/M/D student Braidon Hobzek.
Next to this, the library showcases a wide range of theses of the 2025 graduates.
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- Lucy Bink's thesis Performing Hysteria: Psychiatric portraits of hysteric patients and their impact on female representation analyzes the portrayal of women diagnosed with hysteria and its lasting impact on Western female representation. Centering 19th-century portraits at Hospital Salpêtrière in Paris, Lucy Bink reexamines hysteria as a patriarchal construction, visual language, and framing. Through archival visits and contemporary feminist art, she unpacks power dynamics in the patient-doctor and subject-photographer relationship. Drawing on theories of Judith Butler and Martha Rosler, the paper connects historical images of hysteria to contemporary acts of protest, particularly through the stage presence of women in (post)punk performance. Bink asks how the label of “hysteric” continues to shape perceptions today, and ways it can be reclaimed. The paper concludes with a vital call: we need more hysterical women.
- Nadia Sotirova-Abadjieva’s thesis The Autobiography of My/A Car is a partly theoretical, partly fictional paper that explores humans’ relationships to objects, focusing specifically on her relationship with her car. The work is an autobiography of herself, told from the perspective of her car.
Credits: Lucy Bink
Bridging the Thesis at the JRD24. Credits: Alex Schröder
