Armstrong, David Scott2016-09-202016-09-202016-04-202016-09-20http://hdl.handle.net/10315/32311The following paper is written support for the Enlichenment exhibition on display at Special Projects Gallery at York University from April 18th to April 22, 2016. Stemming from a mourning of sensorial experiences, my thesis examines my close relationship to a family owned island in Eastern Ontario and its ecology. I have a particular fascination with the lichens in this place. These organisms contain a particular essence to which I am deeply drawn. I am further intrigued by their relational sense of scale, becoming for me a metaphor for the miniaturization of human life within the vast phenomenal world. My exhibition is presented as a sensory based installation that isolates specific senses through photography, ceramics, olfaction and sound. I am interested in the possibilities by which isolating the senses can transport viewers to a particular memory of place and time, whether situated within the present, past or speculative future.enAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Fine artsElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2016-09-20LichenIdentityFine artArtPlaceCollecting