YorkSpace
York University's Institutional Repository
    • English
    • français
  • English 
    • English
    • français
  • Login
View Item 
  •   YorkSpace Home
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
  • Visual Arts
  • View Item
  •   YorkSpace Home
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)
  • Visual Arts
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

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

Thumbnail
View/Open
Morton_Ella_S_2015_Masters.pdf (20.90Mb)
Date
2015-08-28
Author
Morton, Ella Sharp

Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Dubious 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.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10315/30078
Collections
  • Visual Arts

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.

YorkU LogoContact Us | Send Feedback
Sitemap for search engines

 

Browse

All of YorkSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

LoginRegister

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.

YorkU LogoContact Us | Send Feedback
Sitemap for search engines