Time, material and process : creating authenticity

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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, Chris, 1965-en
dc.creatorThomas, Beatrice L.en
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-15T16:12:48Z
dc.date.available2016-08-15T16:12:48Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractI am interested in the sets of relationships and the contact between humans and their environments (man-made or natural) and subsequent human interpretation of environmental experiences through the senses. Within such an interaction between human and environment a relationship develops. This relationship is responsible for communicating data about our surroundings, and our place and placement within those surroundings. When those relationships become stale or predictable, we stop taking in new information and pay less attention to our environment. Our level of engagement drops and hence, our level of care and concern. This is a sign that communication between humans and their environments has stopped. My work explores methods of opening new lines of communication between humans and their environments, through manipulating, creating and enhancing the perception of surface. Surfaces hold great opportunities for sensual communication. They are one of the most pervasive points of contact between humans and the world. The core issues addressed in my work are domesticity, perception, and place. Time, Material and Process encompasses the methods, strategies, and techniques involved in exploring the above mentioned topics. With this paper I explain the history and evolution of my work through selected projects spanning the two years I spent in the Master of Fine Arts Design Program at the University of Texas at Austin.en
dc.description.departmentDesignen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2Z60C246en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/39435en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden
dc.subjectHumans and their environmenten
dc.subjectHuman experience of environmenten
dc.subjectPhysical sensation of environmenten
dc.subjectRelationship of humans and environmenten
dc.subjectCommunication between humans and environmenten
dc.subjectSurface perceptionen
dc.subjectHuman perception of surfacesen
dc.subjectDomesticityen
dc.subjectHuman perceptionen
dc.subjectPlaceen
dc.titleTime, material and process : creating authenticityen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentDesignen
thesis.degree.disciplineDesignen
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Fine Artsen

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