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The Devil Can’T Find You If You Hum: Post-Environmental Conductivity, Thomas Burkett

Theses and Dissertations

What would a repositioned concept of environmentalism look like, one that is specifically determined by the geography and the human rights at stake within the environmental politics of a place? I am interested in determining how performative engagements act as an art form that counters dispossessing industrial, political and environmental regimes. Within this discussion of environmental dispossession I will discuss ways I have used drawing as a conceptual space to explore resistance, redefine cultural capital and challenge archeological structures of knowledge, through my presence and protest.

Waveform Analogy, Experimentation, And Optimism, Aaron Storck

Theses and Dissertations

This paper offers a contextualization of my art practice, within particular trends in contemporary art and its discourse. It traces an expressed interest in networked objects, and the indeterminacy of meaning in art; from researched examples and texts, through specific expressions of these ideas in my thesis art exhibition. The paper then outlines key areas of practical interest to the experimental viability of my art practice. The paper goes on to explore the relationships between indeterminacy, experimentation, and creativity in the arts; within the context of an original thought experiment that draws an analogy between topics in physics and the …

Untitled, Michael Hunter

Theses and Dissertations

The following is an exploration of ideas and themes related to my studio work, past and present, concrete and aspirational. I approach painting as an experience of pleasure and as a mode of resistance and critique. I will discuss how my work is aligned with many of the themes found in the Pattern and Decoration movement of the 1970s. I will also identify alliances that my work has with DIY, networks, and the contemporary art scene as discussed in Lane Relyea’s "Your Everyday Art World". I describe my mode of working in the context of "workable resistance," which Jan Verwoert …

Anti-Heroics, Modesty, And Bad Taste, Philip Hinge

Theses and Dissertations

My thesis work revolves around investigating painting’s relationship with “bad taste” and heroism. By comparing my paintings to illustrative depictions of “heroism”, artists who turn bad art good, ideas concerning modesty, humor, and invention I will contextualize my stance towards “heroism” and bad taste. By establishing my relationship to the aforementioned examples I will trace the growth of my work over the past few years and discuss how its role within contemporary painting has changed as well as how it interacts with various cultural references.

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Jason Cook, Flute, Jason Cook

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Belle & Lynum Jackson, Winner's Recital, Angela Scoulas, Violin, Angela Scoulas

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Perfect Fifth, Marshall University

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Hillary Herold, Mezzo-Soprano, Hillary Herold

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Marshall University Music Department Presents Craig Burletic, Bass, Craig Burletic

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Marshall University Music Department Presents An Evening Of 20th Century American Music, Marshall University Choral Union, Marshall University Chorus, And Marshall University Chamber Choir, Robert Wray, David Castleberry

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Guitar Studio Graduate Recital, Kareem Mccullough & Rodrigo Almeida, Kareem Mccullough, Rodrigo Almeida

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In The Right Mirror: We Are All Gods, Aaron Koehn

Theses and Dissertations

I look to the common and mundane as sources for inspiration and imagination. In an attempt to evolve a veneer away from representing a coveted material, I have taken phenomenological events from my own personal experience and have searched for commonalities with them to create a new idea for veneering. My exploratory use of Google as a grammar-less machine deciphers the very nature of naming and its ambiguous attachment to an image. I am interested in the multiplicity of personal associations that become attached to images, and the subjectivity thus involved in the naming of an image.

Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Symphonic Band And The Marshall University Wind Symphony, Shirelle Yuhase, Steve Barnett

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Graduate Recital, Kate Soules, Clarinet, Kate Soules

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Jazz I, Martin W. Saunders

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A M.U. Guitar Ensemble, Júlio Ribeiro Alves

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Low Brass Studio Recital, Bradley Brown, Mila Markun, William Mullins, John Bruce, Thomas Cavender, Alexander Cardwell, Matt Drummer, Brianna Williams, Brian Crawford, Mark Smith, Chris Mcconaha, William Mullins

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Chamber Music Recital: "Guitar, Flute & Violin Potpourri", Marshall University

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Marshall University Music Department Presents The Marshall University Percussion Ensemble, Steven Hall

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Woodwind Ensemble Recital, Wendell B. Dobbs, Ann Bingham, Ed Bingham, Kay Lawson, Richard Kravchak, Donald Williams

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Master Class With Guido Sanchez-Portuguez, Guido Sanchez-Portuguez

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Labor, Vera Bauluz

CGU MFA Theses

I make sacred objects from scratch, from ready mades, from industrial materials, and sometimes from trash or recycling. I treat those objects with love and reverence to embed them with essence and soul. I propose conversations with objects exquisitely executed, that question our social order and the machine, easily understood by everybody, although still challenging our understanding of contemporary art.

The placement of the work and the lighting, as fundamental part of the installation, attempts to generate strokes of conscience that enhance human understanding and capabilities beyond a specific discourse.

Humor and sacred coexist in my installation and in my …

Marshall University Music Department Presents Guido Sanchez Portuguez, Guitar, Guido Sanchez Portuguez

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Senior Recital, Kayla Ariyan And Madelyn Mazzeo, Flutes, Kayla Ariyan, Madelyn Mazzeo

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Master's Degree Recital With Jiao Li, Piano, Jiao Li

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Tuba & Euphonium Day 2014, Featuring Velvet Brown, Velvet Brown, Alanna Cushing, John Keys, Michael Stroeher, Tyler Davis, George Palton

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Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Danielle Ocheltree, Horn, Michelle Mckenzie, Bassoon, Danielle Ocheltree, Michelle Mckenzie

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Marshall University Music Department Presents La Ballerine Et Le Trio, Ana Cecília Alves & Violautalino Trio, Júlio Ribeiro Alves, Wendell B. Dobbs, Kristen Alves

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Closely Distant, Crisha Yantis

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

Drawing upon my own experiences and observations of the world around me I use the figure to explore what it means to be human. This body of work addresses the universal experience of anxiety through the dynamics of both personal and interpersonal relationships, specifically focusing on fear of the unknown or what subconsciously lies just out of our comfort or understanding.

Often what is unknown is also what brings about questions of our own power and what we can or cannot control. In my work, I address ideas of power and powerlessness formally through what the figures lack. Their control …

Marshall University Music Department Presents A Junior Recital, Michael Wilcoxon, Violin, Nathanial Ramsey, Violin, Michael Wilcoxon, Nathanial Ramsey

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