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Pharmakon: From Body To Being, Jérôme Y. C. Conquy
Pharmakon: From Body To Being, Jérôme Y. C. Conquy
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis dossier is separated into the following distinct sections: an extended artist statement; a portfolio documenting artworks made during my MFA candidacy and my exhibit Pharmakon: Acts, Traces, and Maps; and a case study of artist Tony Oursler, whose video and multimedia installations explore the psychological and social relationships between individuals and technologies. Together, they present my exploration of the body’s ‘power of acting,’ or potentia agendi, in relation to the modificatory capacity of technology, or affectus, on the human body. In particular, I investigate the body’s habits, or capacity for habit-building, what Bourdieu calls habitus, and the interconnection …
Symbiotic: The Human Body And Constructs Of Nature, Simone Sciascetti
Symbiotic: The Human Body And Constructs Of Nature, Simone Sciascetti
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Combined with a Masters of Fine Art thesis exhibition, Symbiotic, the dossier provides three components: an extended artist’s statement, documentation of my artwork and an exhibition review of There Is No There at Hamilton Artist Inc. in 2015. These three components help guide and illustrate my findings in investigating the interrelationship between the human body and the environment, specifically in trees; how they are inseparable and interchangeable, and how they pertain to the non-existence of a pure natural world. Through sculpture, I explore the essence of these two entities by considering constructs of nature, as well as where the …