The Laureate, 15th Edition (2016),
2016
Western Michigan University
The Laureate, 15th Edition (2016)
The Laureate
Table of Contents
- I Ache in Portuguese, Cristal Cardoso Sao Mateus
- Halloween, Drew Heuermann
- December 12th, Jared Sebastian
- Gravity, June Rose
- Letters I Never Sent, Heaven Barlow
- Harris Ave After Church, Mary Maroste
- Rapture, Ben Koval
- Love in the Other Places, Danielle Kropveld
- When The Person You Love Treats You Badly, Emily W. Recchia
- Rinse Cycle, Miranda Lopez
- When My Sister Was A Girl, Heaven Barlow
- Cocktail Hour in East Berlin, Mary Maroste
- I am Wild, Courtney Bedrosian
- Self Portrait with Booze and the Kamasutra, Heaven Barlow
- RAM, Jack Marsden
- Cracks in the Pavement, Ben Koval
- Looking out a Window, …
Nostos: On Recollecting Loss And The Physical Manifestation Of Loss,
2016
Scripps College
Nostos: On Recollecting Loss And The Physical Manifestation Of Loss, Stephanie M. Huang
Scripps Senior Theses
This paper examines nostalgia in photo-poetry book Nostos, and nostalgia’s existence as a theoretical global condition arising from displacement, looking at nostalgia specifically not as a yearning for home, but a yearning for a lost sense of feeling at home. It traces the lineage of image-text hybrid art practices and examines the significance of conveying meaning through both synergistically. It studies the psychoanalytic process of transforming loss into object, or absence into presence, ultimately using the object as a lens to view oneself and the way in which nostalgia manifests itself.
Dissociative Anonymity: Performative Photography And The Use Of Uncanny Disguise,
2016
Scripps College
Dissociative Anonymity: Performative Photography And The Use Of Uncanny Disguise, Catherine G. Poole
Scripps Senior Theses
In my thesis project, I aim to explore the ways in which we can perform parts of our identity by hiding the body through the use of performative disguises. These characters transgress the boundaries between societal norms and abject interactions. In these costumes, I hope to find whether or not the multiple facets of our identities can be distilled into one character--whether the self can be shifted into another character for a constructive narrative.
Off Season,
2016
University of the Pacific
So Much Apparent Nothing,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
So Much Apparent Nothing, Emily Mcbride
Theses and Dissertations
This document contains reflections on motivations behind selected works leading up to and including my thesis exhibition so much apparent nothing. Through journal excerpts and analysis of my own psychology, I attempt to put into words my thoughts concurrent to my making, indirect as they may be. The following text shares my personal conflicts and ideologies surrounding art-making, the permanence of objects, and the acceptance of an identity in flux.
Magic At The Crossroads: The Rise Of The Video Essay,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Magic At The Crossroads: The Rise Of The Video Essay, Morganne Tinsley August
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines the birth, rise in popularity, and evolution of the video essay, a subgenre of the essay found recently in online literary journals. Chapter one provides a brief history of the alphabetic essay as it expands to include photo essays, audio essays, and essay-films. The second chapter outlines the history of the online literary journal and John Bresland’s role in the introduction of the video essay as it appears in online journals. Chapter three contains an examination of the way image, text, and sound function in video essays and the tools and strategies essayists are using to create …
Jpg Artifacts,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Jpg Artifacts, Abbey Lee Sarver
Theses and Dissertations
This thesis examines my artistic practice over the past two years at Virginia Commonwealth University, which has led to the installation of my thesis exhibition, JPG Artifacts. My work inspects the current process of image making within a responsive studio practice of deconstructing the digital image into a physical space. While my thesis exhibition is just one culminating formal installation of my experimental studio practice, this paper will examine some main points of reference towards what has led me to the most present public iteration of my work. I hope to position my research in context of contemporary art and …
Antithetical Commentaries On X, Y And The Disruption Of Being,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Antithetical Commentaries On X, Y And The Disruption Of Being, Eva Rocha
Theses and Dissertations
Through discursive essays and poetic narrative, Antithetical Commentaries on X, Y and the Disruption of Being explores the tenuous relationship between modes of measurement and the struggle for human relevance in the post-contemporary digital age. In the introductory essay, “Not the Feather, but the Bird”, I give an overview of the inherent problems of object-oriented ontology, and how it relates to aesthetics and social issues of our times. In the Developmental Overview, I detail how I developed my installation approach and techniques, particularly with regard to the three-way dynamic of the artist:work:viewer relationship and how it can encourage …
Nostalgia And Iphone Camera Apps: An Ethnographic Visual Approach To Iphoneography,
2016
Virginia Commonwealth University
Nostalgia And Iphone Camera Apps: An Ethnographic Visual Approach To Iphoneography, Maria L. De Panbehchi
Theses and Dissertations
The iPhone is the most popular smartphone and camera on social media. iPhoneography, the photography taken or edited with the iPhone, has set the trend of nostalgic photography on social media during the 2010s; thus, the iPhone, a high-tech camera, produces low-tech-looking images. This dissertation attempts to find out why iPhone photographers (iPhoneographers) take, edit, and share images that mimic photographs taken with analog photographic equipment. I argue that nostalgia allows iPhoneographers to use the iPhone as a creative tool and to belong to a community. Based on the arguments of Vilém Flusser—who suggested that photographers are more interested in …
New Australian Plants And Animals. An Exhibition - And - Physiology, Phenomenology And Photography: Picturing The Indeterminate Within An Australian Art Practice. An Exegesis,
2016
Edith Cowan University
New Australian Plants And Animals. An Exhibition - And - Physiology, Phenomenology And Photography: Picturing The Indeterminate Within An Australian Art Practice. An Exegesis, Michael Gray
Theses: Doctorates and Masters
This practice-led research project investigates indeterminate aspects of perception related to human vision and postcolonial conditioning. Through an inventive range of lens-based artworks, the research draws parallels between preconscious visual phenomena and the subjective experience of non-indigenous Australians of multiple generations.
The resulting body of creative work, New Australian Plants and Animals, can be seen to approach preconscious visual phenomena derived from the physiology of the human eye through the use of primitive photographic lens technology. This process is applied to the subject matter: introduced plants and partially naturalised migrants. This synthesis of subject and materials creates new insights …
The Mercury 2016,
2016
Gettysburg College
Reflections- Stockholm, Sweden,
2016
Gettysburg College
Quechua Woman,
2016
Gettysburg College
Sunrise At Damariscotta Lake,
2016
Gettysburg College
Sunset At Pemaquid Point,
2016
Gettysburg College
King Of The River,
2016
Gettysburg College
Radiant,
2016
Gettysburg College
Morning View-- Oslo, Norway,
2016
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg,
2016
Gettysburg College
Healthy Living For A Healthy Haiti,
2015
University of South Carolina
Healthy Living For A Healthy Haiti, Elizabeth Grace Binney
Senior Theses
This project is twofold. The art and the book work synergistically to represent Haiti and health literacy. The pieces selected for this discussion are placed in chronological order of their creation, not the thematic order as they are organized in the book. This allows for discussion of the works as individual pieces of art, artistic development, the creation of a unified theme. They are the representation of a beautiful nation and people, as well as an expression of my inner self.
