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Run Stitch Remembrance
Document Type: Open Access
Degree Program
Art
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2009
Month Degree Awarded
May
Primary Subject Category
Art
Secondary Subject Category
Drawing
Keywords
Installation, Documentation, Memory, Time, Loss
Advisor(s) or Committee Chair
Jahoda, Susan E
Abstract
In an effort to process my grief associated with the death of my grandmother, I created a series of drawings, documenting my daily life in Massachusetts. This body of work constitutes my thesis. In total, I made one thousand and sixty one drawings, each undergoing a series of identical, repeated processes, which represent the number of days lived there. The simplicity, detail and sheer volume of drawings in the installation chronicles a relatable story through complex means. Creating the drawings was a methodical act of remembrance, the practice allowing quiet reflection on each day and its respective history. This body of work inhabits and portrays a space between experience and memory. It was a cathartic, private practice, which permits viewers only to witness the outcome, the installation; the legacy of time spent. Creating the work was a meditative, tactile way of both marking and processing time; time spent mourning the loss of my grandmother, accessing memories, and healing.
Discipline(s)
Art Practice | Arts and Humanities
Recommended Citation
Baldwin, Lyndsey N., "Run Stitch Remembrance" (2009). Masters Theses. Paper 295.
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/295
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