Theses and Dissertations at Montana State University (MSU)
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Item Jaws: a love story(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2024) Kemp, Morgan Markley; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jim ZimpelApproximately 100 million sharks are killed per year due to finning, fishing, and beauty industries. The destruction of a critical apex predator has been overlooked due to a lack of empathy for the venerable creature. This is due to the negative impacts from the film Jaws and the subsequent rise in fear mongering media that has created a false persona that sharks are blood-thirsty man-eating monsters meant to be feared and worthy of defeat. In order to generate positive change to save sharks, the populations perception of what sharks are must be changed. By creating a body of artwork inspired by the true beauty of sharks, fearful opinions of sharks can be exchanged for respect and admiration. Subtilities of the atrocities afflicting sharks can be introduced in a palatable way resulting in empathy that can enact real change for shark conservation.Item Coda peripheral: perceptual connections between sound expression and visual art(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2023) Moralez, Melanie Dawn; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Sara MastCoda Peripheral explores the relationship between visual art and sound-expressions, in correlation with my graduate program artwork. It examines various approaches to differentiate perceptions of visual art from music and sound art. My aim is to reveal ways in which visual artists, including myself, have approached visual and sound art practices, while exploring the relevance of maintaining distinctions in our modern world. In this paper, I reflect upon images from artists who have engaged with sound and/or musical themes in their visual art, as well as images from my graduate art body of work that chronicle my explorations into this subject. The rare condition of chromesthesia hints at a more commonly held, perceptual experience to link concepts of visual art and music. Visual art has become such a broad and ill-defined concept that it has evolved to capture many things, including sound and music. In this thesis, I address several questions on perception and identifying meaning for ourselves: What are the attributes of music that are shared with visual art? How might we challenge perceptual values we place upon artworks? The creation and reception of art is a symbiotic cycle. Examining these concepts has led me to question how I might respond through my art.Item Inner maps(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture, 2022) Schroeder, Heather Marie; Co-Chairs, Graduate Committee: Sara Mast and Jeremy HatchInner Maps is an examination of the impact that early childhood trauma can have on an individual's body and mind, while also exploring what role art can play in healing oneself. While much of the physical work and writing is rooted in autobiographical experiences, it is important to note that these systems, beliefs, and traumas are not an isolated experience that belong to me alone. They are universally shared and hidden. Throughout this paper I explore various traumas such as being a child of addiction, body stored trauma, generational trauma, and lastly the mother wound. Through the process of visual art, one can make the personal public by bringing awareness to their individual experiences. Various mediums can be used, as they all carry their own weight, comfort, and storytelling abilities. Clay, fibers, and illustration have been crucial for my own processing. By acknowledging past and current pain, one can create further awareness's of personal behaviors. In doing so, we can have broader conversations around healing and hope. I acknowledge that criticisms and misunderstandings of one's experiences are bound to happen and that not everyone is called to share in such a manner. However, for me, art has been an outlet and a tool to examine these topics, leading me to conclude that art can be used as a powerful tool to process and release body stored trauma.