Date of Award
Spring 6-1-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Graphic Design
First Advisor
Douglass Scott
Second Advisor
Pouya Ahmadi
Third Advisor
Keira Alexandra
Abstract
Land is the premise upon which all questions of identity, belonging, and consciousness are set.
Our relationship to land is simple and complex. On one hand, in our daily experience there is no daylight between body and land. On the other hand, our relationship to land is intensely mediated through design in the form of tools, ritual, technology, tradition, and law. Language and design are primary mediums through which land is transformed into a material resource and commodity.
Understanding how designed systems craft our understanding of land can help us recognize their limits — and open our eyes to the other worlds all around us.
Recommended Citation
Wilber, Berett, "surface tension" (2024). Masters Theses. 1294.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1294
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