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The Architecture Of Clothing: Notions Of Public And Private Space, Savannah Orsak
The Architecture Of Clothing: Notions Of Public And Private Space, Savannah Orsak
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Space, as defined as a three dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction, is conversely bound through clothing, architecture, and other margins that organize humanhood for everyday purpose. Continually, clothing imposes and extends itself into everyday experiences and dictates notions of interaction between both people and objects. In this written body of work, my intention is to explore public and private spatial influences within clothing and the ways in which these influences can be curated to reflect and evoke notions of interaction and identity. Following three related studies on space, form, and curation, a survey …
The Line Of Dichotomy: Standpoints And Meaning In Anne Truitt's Art, Charles J. Parsons
The Line Of Dichotomy: Standpoints And Meaning In Anne Truitt's Art, Charles J. Parsons
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Some of Anne Truitt’s formal strategies—such as using the separate faces of the work to force the viewer to engage in it sequentially—build or depend on real or literal facts of the “situation” of the artwork. If this is the case, how do such works escape being reducible to their objecthood, their literal properties of size and shape? And how do they produce effects that are not mere experience or mere affective response? The answer I offer is that they depend on conventions and interpretation.
Much of my analysis focuses on the ways Truitt makes her intentions visible through form, …