DOI

https://doi.org/10.25772/VKT2-BZ43

Defense Date

2023

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

Department

Kinetic Imaging

First Advisor

Robert Paris

Second Advisor

Kate Sicchio

Third Advisor

Ayham Ghraowi

Fourth Advisor

SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY

Abstract

This document explores the question of “Who is Irene Cox?” as a jumping off point for creating an artwork which navigates online information landscapes and their logics circa 2023. By using thirteen unique but similar found paintings of the same floral still life by an artist named “Irene Cox” I create a visually meandering, absurd, haunting, and comical pathway for thinking through who exactly is Irene Cox via the internet. How such a question is even asked becomes the art in which a myriad of visual techniques are used to explore the nature of the question. Included in this paper is documentation from my Irene Cox thesis show which weaves itself into passages of writing around different online and digital phenomena explored through each of the elements of the installation (painting, sculpture, video, film, mobile phones, computers, virtual reality, and interactive performance).

Rights

© The Author

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

5-10-2023

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