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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