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Francisco Perez, Francisco Perez
Francisco Perez, Francisco Perez
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
Masters of Fine Art work by Francisco J Perez. Artist statement, samples of work, writing requirement, Thesis exhibition, dept approval signatures. Photographer as historian
Plasticozoic, Mariah Conner
Plasticozoic, Mariah Conner
Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations
Plasticozoic excavates humanity’s relationship to nature and to ourselves through plastic artifacts of consumer culture, which were recovered from oceans and beaches by the artist, or sent to her from around the world. Through created specimens and collected fragments of the Anthropocene, it considers the precariousness of our place in time, where misperceptions of reality and the collective impact of our every day lives can have global effects.
"Future geologists will be able to precisely mark our era as the Plasticozoic, the place in the sands of time in which bits of plastic first appeared." -Oceanographer A. Sylvia Earle, The …