Thesis
Circles
Washington State University
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101601
Abstract
In Circles I examine how contemporary society's focus on autonomy is fostering isolation. I explore how repetition and ritual can be used for comfort in times of loneliness. I also consider how repetition can be a negative force, such as in the case of addiction. I regard how productive repetitions are culturally sanctioned, while comfort repetitions are generally discouraged. The concept of repetition is used both physically and visually as a thread that unites my digital and drawn work. In my drawings, the element most often repeated is circular mark making. I have become interested in receipts as a surface for meditative circular drawing exercises. Receipts are a poignant symbol of contemporary ritual and culturally sanctioned repetition. They become intimate evidence of the stores and items an individual relies upon when collected over time. In my video work, I reflect on commonplace personal repetitions for comfort; chewing gum and taking an evening bath. In Bathe you are seeing many nights of bathing in November through December 2006 superimposed over each other. In this way, the footage becomes a record that shows how each night, the same private ritual took place over and over. In the gum performance, Little Pleasures, an act that is intended as a simple comfort escalates into an act of self-torture.
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Details
- Title
- Circles
- Creators
- Jamie Marie Waelchli
- Contributors
- Michelle Forsyth (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Fine Arts, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525191501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis