Title

Word Muscles

Author

Jimena O. Gracia, Washington University in St LouisFollow

Date of Award

5-2015

Author's School

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Author's Department/Program

Art (Printmaking)

Degree Name

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

Abstract

Through video performance, I question whether the tangible expressive significance of written language is not just in the record of it, but in the experience of writing as well. The ability to contract and relax is a property of the muscles in bodies as well as in language. In response to this idea of the contractile nature of the body, I link writing to dancing by pairing the record of one with the process of the other. In doing so, I set up a parallel between the malleable nature of the body – which allows for the proximity between graceful and awkward movements in the dance – and the mutability of letter forms in language.

Language

English (en)

Recommended Citation

Gracia, Jimena O., "Word Muscles" (2015). Undergraduate Theses—Unrestricted. 47.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/undergrad_open/47