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Entangled Emergence

Author
Lam, Tina
Abstract
The process of transformation is manifold; the physical can at times yield and entangle with the metaphorical, metaphysical and spiritual. In my predominantly sculptural practice, the interplay between the materials and the content lends itself to evocative encounters with the haptic — when we touch matter, we are invariably being touched by it. The notion of contact between seemingly disparate and paradoxical notions or states is explored through the poetics of sculptural forms orchestrated in space. My artistic process is centered on a search to harmonize a tenuous equilibrium between the precarious and the edified; light in concert with shadows, weight in balance with lightness, the industrial courting the natural, the scientific espousing the sublime, the human in communion with the beyond-human, beings disarmed and homogenizing by the agency of matter — energy in dialogue with its hybrid selves.
Description
34 pages
Date Issued
2022-05Subject
energetic conversions; hydrid; installation; sculpture; sound art; transformation
Committee Chair
Bertoia, Roberto G.
Committee Member
Malinowska, Joanna Monika; Meksin, Leeza
Degree Discipline
Art
Degree Name
M.F.A., Art
Degree Level
Master of Fine Arts
Type
dissertation or thesis