Thesis
Language, comfort, and connecting the dots
Washington State University
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Washington State University
2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/106075
Abstract
Per a desire to clarify sentiments, classify thoughts, and define relationships, my textbased projects often fall under an organized set of rules. As a means to join together linguistic, visual, and conceptual signs, lines and arrows direct the viewer's eye and appear to suggest a result or answer. These indexical links emulate the clean-cut connections we yearn to establish in our interactions with other people and with the spaces around us. In our efforts to organize and categorize, however, we in turn are faced with the inherent disorganization of the world and the perils of faulty categorization. While at times our inability to define and delineate may be a source of unease or nausea, it can simultaneously offer us a sense of relief once we yield to the simple fact that true meaning, or the "right answer," is more than often out of reach. As such, my prints and drawings oscillate between science and fiction, between reason and absurdity, and between comfort and discomfort.
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Details
- Title
- Language, comfort, and connecting the dots
- Creators
- Brett Lysne
- Contributors
- Kevin Haas (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
- 99900525117601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis