Type
Text
Type
Thesis
Advisor
Thompson, Roger | Dinkins, Stephanie | Berbic, Isak.
Date
2015-08-01
Keywords
Fine arts | art, feminism, horror, trauma
Department
Department of Studio Art.
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/76845
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
The objective of this thesis is to examine the ontology of my artwork and contextualize it within the framework of trauma, horror and feminism. My artwork focuses on the effects of internalized violence on cognitive and bodily processes, which manifest as haunting and repetition. In my artistic production, I use the unconscious methodologically, and I rely on pattern emergence and analysis to refine my works conceptually. In this thesis: I relate visual and conceptual aspects of my MFA Thesis Exhibition artworks to the traits of trauma most relevant to my work, namely haunting and repetition; I outline the patterns that emerge from my artworks aesthetically and conceptually; I contextualize my artwork within feminist, gothic and art historical frameworks. | 34 pages
Recommended Citation
Katsafouros, Catherine, "Unhomely" (2015). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 2721.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/2721