Embodied communication: visually representing movement
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2013-05-01
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This thesis examines the kinetic energy of the human body and its artistic
response to materiality through an art making process. By examining my
movements through materiality, my sculptural work reveals a shared human
sensibility that describes the rhythms of our own mortality. The materials I study
in this thesis are steel, ink, and cloth. I primarily work in steel because I can
directly convey the physical weight and movement of my body onto the material.
My greatest inspiration for making this art comes from the knowledge I absorb
through my body when I dance. In my art making process, I draw on the
imagination of my body’s movement in conjunction with the information gathered
from my experimentation. I use dance as a tool to conceptualize space and
movement. Then I collect information through experimentation. I do this by
cutting, bending, drawing, folding, hammering, buffing, and grinding material.
The purpose of this thesis is to confront the power and energy of our humanness
through visual expression. This work is about returning to the body and
appreciating our human touch.
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Art and dance, Dance in art, Steel sculpture, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)