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The No No-Exit Closet: An Alternative To No-Exit Pathways, Faith I. Patrick
The No No-Exit Closet: An Alternative To No-Exit Pathways, Faith I. Patrick
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
The focus of this dossier is my Masters Thesis project, which is titled The No No-Exit Closet. The No No-Exit Closet has been a project through which I have developed a heightened ethical awareness of how I consume, store, throw away, and reuse the materials that enter and exit my life. This thesis dossier is divided into three sections: an extended artist statement about my thesis project, photographic documentation of the artwork I produced for my Masters Thesis Exhibition, and a case study on the artwork of Andrea Zittel. The extended artist statement describes my Masters Thesis project which …
The Other Neighbour Of El Otro Lado, Anahi Gonzalez Teran
The Other Neighbour Of El Otro Lado, Anahi Gonzalez Teran
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This written thesis is in support of a Master’s of Fine Arts degree at Western University. The thesis dossier explores themes of Mexican migration in Canada engaging with ideas of human labour and various indexes of Mexican culture, trade, and economic exchange. The thesis also consists of documentation of public exhibitions and other various creative production components including videos, photography and multi-media installations. This thesis is separated into three major sections. The first is an extended artist statement which outlines my artistic research and my creative process as an artist. The second is a portfolio of photographic documentation of artworks …
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 …
Cyber Souls And Second Selves, Yas Nikpour Khoshgrudi
Cyber Souls And Second Selves, Yas Nikpour Khoshgrudi
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This project explores the relationship between the real self and digital identity (mostly in the form of avatars in life simulation video games) and how these two states of being could possibly merge and act as one. This dossier consists of three chapters. The first chapter is an extended artist statement and a summary of influences in my work. There I explore the tangible relationship between player and avatar and how digital experiences affect our psyches in various contexts where this relationship is developed and maintained. The second chapter is an interview with Mohawk multimedia artist, Skawennati, who discusses how …