Abstract

All Memories Fade is an installation and sculptural exhibition examining familial connection through my developed fear of forgetting. These works comprise many materials, including glass, resin, silk fabric, wet plate collodion images, and chemigrams. This installation uses light and optical variants to communicate the fear of losing one’s most cherished memories in life. All Memories Fade draws inspiration from my family farm in Minnesota that had been sold when I was young. The encapsulated sculptures and installation produce a distorted perception of home through material memory, utilizing light and shadow to highlight those distortions and abstractions that checker one’s past. The work of artists such as Melanie Walker, Bill Viola, and Dan Estabrook inspire and inform many elements of the installation All Memories Fade wherein process and sensory engagement with audio and movement communicate the ever-changing nature of memory.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Collodion process--Exhibitions; Installations (Art)--Technique; Mixed media sculpture--Exhibitions; Memory in art

Publication Date

5-12-2023

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Photography and Related Media (MFA)

Department, Program, or Center

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CAD)

Advisor

Ahndraya Parlato

Advisor/Committee Member

William Osterman

Advisor/Committee Member

Carole Woodlock

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

IMGART-MFA

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