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Non-Aligned Modernism: Yugoslavian Art and Culture from 1945-1990
(2014-07-09)
This thesis seeks to understand and recover contemporary social, political and aesthetic value from the often dismissed or marginalized history of Yugoslavian modernism. The significance and complexity of the Yugoslavian ...
Time Caught by the Tail: Fast Forward: Pause
(2014-07-09)
This thesis examines the effect of the new technology and the virtual time on the visual language, production and consumption of image, and in particular image of alterity.
By revisiting works of 1960s artists and their ...
Of Becoming
(2014-07-28)
This thesis will outline my material processes, ideas and concepts during my studies at York University’s MFA in Visual Arts. I briefly discuss weaving and women in mythology and history, and connect my work to that of ...
Kewekapawetan: Return After the Flood
(2014-07-09)
The people of South Indian Lake Manitoba are slowly leaving behind a long period of social crisis brought on by the damming of their namesake lake in the 1970’s. The environmental devastation still exists, but the community ...
Way and Weighing: Abstract Painting
(2014-07-28)
The thesis Way and Weighing: Abstract Painting explores the concepts of time, place and contemporary abstract painting as experienced through my current studio practice. It reflects on the process and thought involved ...
"Wayfaring Line" Lines of Thought, Gesture and Time
(2014-07-28)
This thesis support paper explores the role of the line in my artistic practice, and its nature and meaning within the context of my graduate work. The line is the material, pictorial and theoretical foundation for my ...
Handcraft as a Rhetorical Prop: An Investigation into What Handcraft Techniques Offer the Discipline of Graphic Design
(2014-07-28)
This thesis paper examines how handcraft (making an item by analog means using specific materials) can be a compelling rhetorical tool for graphic designers to harness. Contrasting handcraft techniques with computer graphics ...
Excavating Artiface
(2014-07-09)
We are all image-makers, whether in paint, pixels or persona, and every image contains a vulnerability and resistance to exposure. Inevitably, the acts of looking at and making images lead to a kind of erotic pathos. Seduced ...
Shadow of the Headframe
(2014-07-28)
Shadow of the Headframe is a feature length essay film that paints a complex portrait of the Attawapiskat First Nation – a place that is a homeland for some, and a new frontier for others. In the shadow of a De Beers diamond ...
In Transition
(2014-07-28)
Precarious circumstances within our environment galvanizes our feelings towards an uncertain and unknown future. In Transition is a series of work that responds to transitional urban landscapes that fluctuate between ...