DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/210N-T887
Defense Date
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Sculpture + Extended Media
First Advisor
Corin Hewitt
Second Advisor
Kendall Buster
Third Advisor
Gregory Volk
Fourth Advisor
Michael Jones McKean
Abstract
The Quantified Elf is an ongoing collection of scientific, medical, archaeological articles and excerpts from my personal journal. It is a way by which I explore the various ways Western notions of personhood subsume human life into constructs of sexuality and gender, overlooking the various other modes of unbridled existence: plant, microbial. fungal, animal, celestial bodies. The speculative medical papers propose novel forms of body modification to combat gender dysphoria.
Rights
© The Author
Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-22-2020
Included in
Medical Anatomy Commons, Medical Biotechnology Commons, Reproductive and Urinary Physiology Commons