The Weight,
2026
Sculpture + Extended Media
The Weight, Hammet Reavis
Theses and Dissertations
What follows drifts between out to under, argument to object, learned to unlearned, and then back again, for now. What remains is not erased, but held in tension - pressed forward by an unspoken weight. However, let's go on record and retrace this gesture, not by means of crossthru, but as underline.
Mediator: Ornament As A Visual Language Of The Transcendent,
2026
Virginia Commonwealth University
Mediator: Ornament As A Visual Language Of The Transcendent, Selma Fejzullaj
Theses and Dissertations
Adolf Loos’s declaration that “ornament is a crime” defined modernist design, establishing a legacy that dismisses ornamentation as wasteful and regressive. This research questions that legacy by repositioning aesthetics as a divinely grounded value, inspired by the Qur’anic vision of Paradise. In this celestial realm, beauty is not wasteful but a manifestation of divine perfection. Conceptually, the project reclaims ornament as a vital tool for contemplating metaphysical themes. Materially, it reimagines glass, shifting it from modernist "radical honesty" to a medium of layered depth. Recombining traditional Islamic ornamentation practices such as Girih and Chaharbagh, the project evokes the Qur’anic vision …
There Is A Puddle In Stonehenge,
2026
Virginia Commonwealth University
There Is A Puddle In Stonehenge, Nathaniel Newcomb
Theses and Dissertations
I began by making what I called "furniture": finding discarded logs and using a chainsaw, I milled out slabs of wood far larger than any normal board or beam, and gave them the function of chair, table, shelf. Sometimes it was a "shelf" in name only, and was commentary on furniture. In my practice, using discarded wood is necessary for the sake of the earth; making original pieces is necessary for the sake of my soul. I am reminded of megaliths when I erect these enormous forms in wood. I make intuitively, and like the meaning of megaliths, obscured by …
Traces Of Time,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Traces Of Time, Martina Valdovinos
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
23,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Address/Address,
2026
Nova Southeastern University Halmos College of Arts and Sciences
Address/Address, Alessandra S. Alvarez Coke
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Teatro Milanes,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Teatro Milanes, Jessica L. Rodriguez
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
We Mourn, We Stir, We Pick Up The Pieces.,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
We Mourn, We Stir, We Pick Up The Pieces., Sara Menco Arenas
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Alternative Cover Designs,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Alternative Cover Designs, Yanick Victorin, Tyriana White
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Apocalypse,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Contributor Biographies,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Molten Motion,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Molten Motion, Anastacia Gold
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Faun Fidel,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Faun Fidel, Sophia R. Dakkuri
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Phantasmagoric Record File 1 & 2,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Phantasmagoric Record File 1 & 2, Yanick Victorin
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Next Stop,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Next Stop, Geovanny Hernandez
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Rhythmic Gymnastics Gesture Animation,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Rhythmic Gymnastics Gesture Animation, Tyriana White
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Footprints Of Rain,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Footprints Of Rain, Samantha Manzi
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
Koi,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Watercolored Waves,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
Watercolored Waves, Inchara Kumar
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
The Lady Of My Dreams,
2026
Nova Southeastern University
The Lady Of My Dreams, Thaily Jeanty
Digressions: Literary & Art Journal
No abstract provided.
