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
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-10-2023