Abstract

Aesthetics can be proposed through language. Metaphysical experience through technology is an accumulation of information. My practice accentuates the failure of languages that are mediated through technology. Using readymade objects as a signifier for collective experience, I create sets for films that have never existed. Rooted in the conceptual terrain, I seek to concretize the intangible, my sculptural installation was assembled by objects conceived as unknown, or coded messages, and largely applied the color matte black. Matte black, for its non-color, accomplishes openness – freedom. The immersive experience of darkness also echoes with the cinematic environment. Ultimately, my work functions as a loop from language to film and back again. Open-ended, interactive, and resistant to closure, the objects in my installations exist as tangible plots, and viewers can create their own filmic narrative by threading together the evidence of this invisible film in their own minds.

Committee Chair

Heather Bennett

Committee Members

Heather Bennett

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art

Author's Department

Graduate School of Art

Author's School

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

Document Type

Thesis

Date of Award

Spring 5-2014

Language

English (en)

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