The artist reflects on a creative summer break and a return to their usual style by kicking off their annual Stevetember themed around Horror icons and characters.
Stevetember 2025 (September 2025)
Tag: Film
Confirmative Praxis – The World’s Pettiest Thief
Hello and welcome to my Confirmative Praxis project. In this post, you will be taken on a journey through my process of this final project as I go in-depth into topics of research while also giving you insight into my process as I talk you through from A to B. This final piece is a … Continue reading Confirmative Praxis – The World’s Pettiest Thief
Explorative Research and Praxis
Hello all, and welcome to my Explorative Research and Praxis project. In this post, I will be going through all the pathways and tangents that I have taken since the beginning of this project. Starting with my initial thoughts and what I could possibly do, I went on to deep dive into narrative as a … Continue reading Explorative Research and Praxis
Evoking Emotion: Can augmentations of a piece of art alter how it is perceived?
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.
Can the use of masks in storytelling be considered a Tabula Rasa for Emotion & Expression?
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 