The artist's journey through a multi-module course is documented, emphasizing personal growth and embracing storytelling. The first chapter delves into thought experiments, perception, and character development. The second chapter touches on technique and narrative research, while the final chapter explores research expansion and animation creation. The artist's evolution and passion for creative storytelling are evident throughout.
The content focuses on the evolution of art and the artist/designer/maker's role from Modernism to Postmodernism and Post-Postmodernism, exploring movements like Poststructuralism, Posthumanism, and Transhumanism. The struggle against a grand narrative, influence on the artist's evolution, and societal impacts like the Covid-19 pandemic are examined. Various artists and thinkers are referenced, offering a comprehensive exploration of art's evolution.
The dissertation discusses the author's independent inquiry into affect theory, aimed at understanding emotion perception in art. It includes a study on key thinkers of affect theory, perceptions of emotions, and applications of affect theory in art. The study involved three case studies - color, greyscale, and narrative, and an analysis of the data collected. The findings revealed intriguing trends, challenges, and insights into perception and emotional responses.
This essay delves into the author's exploration of their identity as an artist, focusing on three keywords: Autism, Narrative, and Emotion. The author reflects on personal experiences with autism, the influence of narrative in their work, and the study of emotion. Through research and introspection, the author seeks to develop these concepts in a future dissertation
This essay explores the history, current state, and future of craft, emphasizing its evolution from ancient times to the present. It discusses the impact of industrialization and the contemporary focus on sustainability. The future of craft is envisioned to involve innovative and activism-oriented approaches, leading to continued relevance in society.
This essay depicts a curation that delves into the artist's mind through the showcasing of various attributes specific to each lobe of the brain. The frontal lobe section presents career paths and problem-solving methods, while the parietal lobe focuses on hypersensitivity and repetitive tasks. The temporal lobe covers music and emotional understanding, and the occipital lobe explores visual processing and perception.
This essay explores the use of masks in digital media, focusing on the films "Eyes Without a Face" and the game "We Happy Few." Both showcase the removal of emotion from characters and the replacement with a neutral state of expression through masks. The comparison reveals insights related to the concept of Tabula Rasa.
Samuel Mathias 