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Title
ORCID
0000-0003-1634-0379
Access Type
Open Access Thesis
Document Type
thesis
Degree Program
Art
Degree Type
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Year Degree Awarded
2022
Month Degree Awarded
May
Abstract
The bodies of work that I have created during graduate school stem from my interest in mass media, culture studies and spectatorship in the digital era. My research engages digital technology and media studies to consider the ethics and ambivalence associated with spectatorship. Using traditional art mediums, I explore social and digital media, revealing tensions through representation and materiality. This translation from digital to analogue media is pivotal in all my work. Handmade objects introduce slippage and meaning as they break from the limiting format of the screen. This thesis will explore the research and content that inspired the creation of my work over the past three years and demonstrate how the resulting artworks create content and meaning.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/28916682
First Advisor
Shona Macdonald
Second Advisor
Mahwish Chishty
Third Advisor
Cynthia Consentino
Recommended Citation
Duggan, Hannah, "Mixed Messages" (2022). Masters Theses. 1180.
https://doi.org/10.7275/28916682
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/1180
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