"May 2020." Facsimiles included in pagination, but do not display page numbers. M.F.A. University of Iowa 2020 Includes bibliographical references. "My creative work explores ecological time, attention and phenomena. I wonder about a choreography of materials. Fiber, water, ceramic, thread, mirror and lens are echoes of living forms on earth. Each holds a unique capacity and potential through space, touch and time. How might materials be composed to speak? Elemental ingredients come together to create new possibility, perhaps showing us disorientation, opening and permutation. What happens when a material changes state? Enters conversation? When the body responds? Light, sound and movement can be instruments of seeing, essential to an alchemy." "During the past three years I have had the opportunity to work as both artist-in-residence and independent researcher at Iowa Lakeside Laboratory (a biological field station on Lake Okoboji in Northwest Iowa). In my research, I have been exploring modes of artistic and scientific observation, collecting sound, light and video from preserves and natural areas in this region and translating these recordings through physical materials. For example, I worked with audio recordings from a dawn chorus, rendering small "sound prints" into forms and patterns digitally embroidered through handmade paper. Spending time in these discrete environments, the connections between art and science feel oftentimes elegant and seamless. Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer writes, 'paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.'1 In this animacy, how might artists reverently reflect the non-human world?" -- public abstract, page vii.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1347341618
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
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