Title of Abstract
Remember
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Faculty Mentor
Claudia O'Steen, M.F.A.| Alfred Ward, FTC
College
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Department
Fine Arts
Abstract
REMEMBERencompasses the realization of my own mortality and my personal struggle with the overarching notion of acceptance. While I find myself desperately wishing to believe in the afterlife, I default to the negative aspects of death and its finality. My work is an exploration of how to come to terms with the existential dread that plagues my mind. This work emulates the conflicting desires to be remembered and to remember.REMEMBERutilizes video and jewelry design to capture the unwanted knowledge of what it means to die, and the suffering that comes with living. While I have experienced a longing to relinquish control and let go of the life I have created, I also feel smothered by the fear of not knowing what comes next. Many recent circumstances in my personal life have emphasized this feeling of loss and have made me confront the realization that I may never see certain people again. I realize the absence of their small yet marvelous mannerisms as these memories will fade along with my own existence. As I try to overcome the thought that it all never really mattered, I use this work to dissect this desperate need to live forever.
Start Date
15-4-2023 12:00 PM
Remember
REMEMBERencompasses the realization of my own mortality and my personal struggle with the overarching notion of acceptance. While I find myself desperately wishing to believe in the afterlife, I default to the negative aspects of death and its finality. My work is an exploration of how to come to terms with the existential dread that plagues my mind. This work emulates the conflicting desires to be remembered and to remember.REMEMBERutilizes video and jewelry design to capture the unwanted knowledge of what it means to die, and the suffering that comes with living. While I have experienced a longing to relinquish control and let go of the life I have created, I also feel smothered by the fear of not knowing what comes next. Many recent circumstances in my personal life have emphasized this feeling of loss and have made me confront the realization that I may never see certain people again. I realize the absence of their small yet marvelous mannerisms as these memories will fade along with my own existence. As I try to overcome the thought that it all never really mattered, I use this work to dissect this desperate need to live forever.
