Defense Date

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

Department

Photography and Film

First Advisor

J Molina-Garcia

Second Advisor

Sasha Waters

Third Advisor

John D. Freyer

Abstract

How To Forget was born from a need to give tangible form to the psychic residue left behind by a life lived. Through the use of silk-screening of red clay mud onto ink-jet photographs, archival textiles, and site-specific installations, I attempt to tie and/or divorce myself from my own and my family's extended history and examine the function of memory within the dynamics of the archive. How To Forget takes a non-linear, non-chronological approach to this examination, compressing decades of time and space through the manipulation of the archive and my own self-portraiture, designed specifically to deny myself from its record. In this work, I explore life-altering experiences and photographs, question my rights to make family history-changing assertions, and ultimately embrace the probability of losing these connections in exchange for personal freedom.

Rights

© Jesse Daniel Hoyle

Is Part Of

VCU University Archives

Is Part Of

VCU Theses and Dissertations

Date of Submission

5-8-2024

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