Memory of Place: Restaging Lived Experience Through Photographic Images

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dc.contributor.advisorArmstrong, David Scott
dc.contributor.authorYerkovich, Mikhail Eli
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-06T12:54:28Z
dc.date.available2021-07-06T12:54:28Z
dc.date.copyright2021-04
dc.date.issued2021-07-06
dc.date.updated2021-07-06T12:54:27Z
dc.degree.disciplineVisual Arts
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMFA - Master of Fine Arts
dc.description.abstractMy current thesis work consists of building and photographically documenting sets of SROs (single room occupancy housing) in order to understand the spaces used as housing for people that were formerly homeless, and who live with mental health and substance use issues. The work explores the idea of late photography, ie. photographs that are taken after an initial event, and the relation between documentary style truth telling and photographic recreation. Through the use of built sets, I recreate scenes based on memories I have of these spacesthe goal being to investigate whether these images of recreated spaces can stand in for the actual event. Within my research and investigation, I explore how these staged rooms photographs evoke ennui: feelings of absence/presences, boredom, and the uncanny. My thesis concludes by addressing the difficulty of separating these binary states true/false, absence/presence, and stimulation/boredom suggested by these photographs, and discovering through the recognition of their inherent overlap.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38499
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectSocial work
dc.subject.keywordsFine Arts
dc.subject.keywordsVisual Arts
dc.subject.keywordsPhotography
dc.subject.keywordsCinematography
dc.subject.keywordsFilm
dc.subject.keywordsSets
dc.subject.keywordsSet Design
dc.subject.keywordsSet Building
dc.subject.keywordsMemory
dc.subject.keywordsNostalgia
dc.subject.keywordsPost-Historical
dc.subject.keywordsUncanny
dc.subject.keywordsAbsence/Presence
dc.subject.keywordsAbsence
dc.subject.keywordsPresence
dc.subject.keywordsBanal
dc.subject.keywordsEnnui
dc.subject.keywordsTruth
dc.subject.keywordsHistory
dc.subject.keywordsLate Photography
dc.subject.keywordsNear Documentary
dc.subject.keywordsDocumentary Photography
dc.subject.keywordsDocumentary
dc.subject.keywordsJeff Wall
dc.subject.keywordsThomas Demand
dc.subject.keywordsVilem Flusser
dc.subject.keywordsErnest Van Alphan
dc.subject.keywordsAnthony Vidler
dc.subject.keywordsSigmund Freud
dc.subject.keywordsMental Health
dc.subject.keywordsMental Health and Addiction
dc.subject.keywordsHomelessness
dc.subject.keywordsHomeless
dc.subject.keywordsSubstance Use
dc.subject.keywordsSRO
dc.subject.keywordsSingle Room Occupancy
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Housing
dc.subject.keywordsSupportive Housing
dc.subject.keywordsMental Health Work
dc.subject.keywordsMental Health Worker
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Work
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Worker
dc.subject.keywordsOutreach
dc.titleMemory of Place: Restaging Lived Experience Through Photographic Images
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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