Dedicated switch-hitting, risking safety, embodied transcendence and other apparent contradictions.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Morse, Brandon | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Meghan | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Art | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
| dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-06-20T05:39:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-06-20T05:39:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-05-14 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | My work reflects a long-standing attraction to the material and experiential imperfections that emerge through a collision of physical and cultural reality. My use of biological materials such as feathers in tandem with rigid systems exaggerates this contrast. It suggests the divide between a linguistic, conceptual space and an inherently organic and unpredictable physical space. While experiencing the work, the viewer is enveloped in a responsive environment of sound and that reveals the constantly shifting nature of their personal, physical experience of the environment. While embarking on what seems at first glance a practice that fits in with modernist ideals of truth and the progress of human knowledge, I do not seek to reinforce these ideals. Rather, I use humor to subvert modernist hierarchies of aesthetic value. The work borrows from a diverse range of sources such as Greek mythology, contemporary advertising, camp, cinema, art history, and representations of technological progress. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 5210014 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8252 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Fine Arts | en_US |
| dc.title | Dedicated switch-hitting, risking safety, embodied transcendence and other apparent contradictions. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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