DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/MK2V-CT06
Defense Date
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Photography and Film
First Advisor
Justin James Reed
Abstract
Wet, flowering, dry is a series of photographic works that explore how vernal pools are a macrocosm for holding memory and a site of omnipresent solitude and decay. This installation distills an embodied and ephemeral experience of how we are grounded in a network of invisible connections with our surroundings. This network becomes evident through biological, historical, and field research conducted at the vernal pools for over a year. Through slow observation and consideration of how multiple stories of place can weave together into a larger parable, Wet, flowering, dry reveals how the life cycle of a vernal pool is an echo and lesson in understanding power and beauty in the unseen and the passage of time.
Rights
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-11-2022