Throughout history, humankind has looked to the natural world for understanding the foundations of life and the essence of existence. Emphasizing states of sedimentary material, as physical and metaphorical reference to the cyclical complexion of life/death, growth/decay, transformation/stasis…I investigate the meaning of familial roots, reimagining humanity’s relationship to earth. The ways in which this connection can be understood are dependent on visual or symbolic representations and through experiential knowledge of sensing physicality and materiality.
Thesis
Geographies of ancestral embodiment
University of Iowa
Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
Spring 2019
DOI: 10.17077/etd.k6sa-1mfl
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Geographies of ancestral embodiment
- Creators
- Jaz Graf - University of Iowa
- Contributors
- Heather R. Parrish (Advisor)Anita Jung (Committee Member)Isabel Barbuzza (Committee Member)Timothy Barrett (Committee Member)
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA), University of Iowa
- Degree in
- Art
- Date degree season
- Spring 2019
- DOI
- 10.17077/etd.k6sa-1mfl
- Publisher
- University of Iowa
- Number of pages
- viii, 22 pages
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2019 Jaz Graf
- Language
- English
- Description illustrations
- color illustrations
- Description bibliographic
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 20-21).
- Public Abstract (ETD)
Throughout history, humankind has looked to the natural world for understanding the foundations of life and the essence of existence. Emphasizing states of sedimentary material, as physical and metaphorical reference to the cyclical complexion of life/death, growth/decay, transformation/stasis…I investigate the meaning of familial roots, reimagining humanity’s relationship to earth. The ways in which this connection can be understood are dependent on visual or symbolic representations and through experiential knowledge of sensing physicality and materiality.
- Academic Unit
- School of Art, Art History, and Design
- Record Identifier
- 9983777032402771
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