Abstract

Florescence is a photographic project that provokes conversation between mediums, methods, and attitudes in art and design. Starting as grainy, screened Risograph prints mounted into custom wood frames, the uniformity of mechanical reproduction is distorted by handmade craft elements. The images examine the materiality of making as part of the message they produce; they are both eclectic handmade objects and mass-produced products. These pictures intend to communicate an idea like an advertisement, except the message, meaning, or intention isn’t clear. I am interested in the moment when the viewer comes close enough to the image to see the prints' poor quality and texture and realizes fragility and strength are registered together and become one form, both organic and artificial. This kind of processing and relinquishing of control over tangible locators for meaning within an image can lead to an emotional realization through pictures.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Photography--Digital techniques--Themes, motives; Risography--Themes, motives; Photography, Artistic--Philosophy

Publication Date

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Photography and Related Media (MFA)

Department, Program, or Center

Photographic Arts and Sciences, School of

College

College of Art and Design

Advisor

Joshua Thorson

Advisor/Committee Member

Gregory Halpern

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

IMGART-MFA

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