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The Quads, Elmer D. Guevara
The Quads, Elmer D. Guevara
Theses and Dissertations
My work attempts to reconcile my familial history. By reconstructing narratives, I am advancing a new sense of our family archive. My goal is to grant the viewer with autobiographical snippets delivered through the piecing and meshing of multiple scenarios and events that derive from family album photos and reimagining spaces.
Creating Home, Ludovic Nkoth
Creating Home, Ludovic Nkoth
Theses and Dissertations
My work explores and conceptualizes the idea of a world where my people were never colonized, a world where we are still existing with our culture, our powers and the idea of voodoo. I place myself, friends, and family in positions of power, in spaces the world took away from us due to the color our skin. This is the world my practice aims to create.
Home, It Turns Out, Is Always A Matter Of Paperwork, Leonardo Madriz
Home, It Turns Out, Is Always A Matter Of Paperwork, Leonardo Madriz
Theses and Dissertations
A meandering of life-thinking on notions of migration & diaspora, assimilation, place & home, family & loss, cruel optimism and new imaginaries - through text, film & video, installation, and expanded cinema.
Polaroid Access, Becky Jane Rosen
Polaroid Access, Becky Jane Rosen
Theses and Dissertations
In her thesis statement, Becky Jane Rosen discusses the relationships between photography, family, and the psyche through her recent paintings and artistic influences.
Interface: Fringe Landscapes And Identity, Elizabeth T. Lewin
Interface: Fringe Landscapes And Identity, Elizabeth T. Lewin
Theses and Dissertations
An MFA thesis that weaves together: virtual landscapes, escapism, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, utopia, family, and identity.
Desire And Fantasy Between Commercialism And Personal Room, Yukimi Otagiri
Desire And Fantasy Between Commercialism And Personal Room, Yukimi Otagiri
Theses and Dissertations
I apply two aspects of my life history to my art; my childhood experiences and my advanced studies in sociology. My work therefore combines a highly personal reading of my experiences of social interactions and my ongoing analysis of the nature of capitalism and socialism, commodification and media, especially in regard to the experiences of women in particular and consumers in general.