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In the Absence Of
Document Type: Open Access
Degree Program
Art
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2007
Month Degree Awarded
May
Primary Subject Category
Fine Arts
Keywords
video, truth, truthtelling, lying, confessional art
Advisor(s) or Committee Chair
Jahoda, Susan E
Abstract
This thesis explores the experience of telling and constructing truths and lies, and receiving and interpreting truths and lies within the context of contemporary culture. This thesis both augments and is founded in the production of the digital video In the Absence Of, itself an exploration of truth, self and identity.
Recommended Citation
Sawyer, Jennifer Gray, "In the Absence Of" (2007). Masters Theses. Paper 23.
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/23
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