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Dubious Cosmology: A Photo/Sculptural Rendition of Landscape and Modern Myth

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dc.contributor.advisorVickerd, Brandon
dc.creatorMorton, Ella Sharp
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T15:37:20Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T15:37:20Z
dc.date.copyright2015-04-22
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T15:37:20Z
dc.degree.disciplineVisual Arts
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractDubious Cosmology is a series of photographs and sculptures that examine the visual portrayal of landscape and science fiction in contemporary Western culture. The work considers why human beings feel the need to have a dialogue with the unknown, and how this dialogue takes on both rational and outlandish forms. The historical photographic processes of tintypes and cyanotypes, along with three-dimensional collage, work together to inform modern myth and fringe beliefs through the tropes of science fiction. The work draws on antiquated and contemporary techniques, found objects, and original photographs to create a surprising experience of landscape and the mystery imbued within it. Ultimately, the project proposes that, in spite of our efforts to discern and decipher the unknown, we must simply appreciate it, and acknowledge that we may know very little about the nature of the universe.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/30078
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectFine arts
dc.subject.keywordsFine Arts
dc.subject.keywordsVisual Arts
dc.subject.keywordsPhotography
dc.subject.keywordsSculpture
dc.subject.keywordsScience Fiction
dc.subject.keywordsLandscape
dc.subject.keywordsModern Myth
dc.subject.keywordsMythology
dc.subject.keywordsSupernatural
dc.subject.keywordsParanormal
dc.subject.keywordsUFO
dc.subject.keywordsNew Mexico
dc.subject.keywordsPlanets
dc.subject.keywordsUnknown
dc.subject.keywordsSublime
dc.subject.keywordsUniverse
dc.subject.keywordsTintype
dc.subject.keywordsCyanotype
dc.subject.keywordsHistory of Photography
dc.subject.keywordsCollage
dc.subject.keywordsExtrapolation
dc.titleDubious Cosmology: A Photo/Sculptural Rendition of Landscape and Modern Myth
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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