Date of Award
Spring 6-6-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Graphic Design
First Advisor
Paul Soulellis
Second Advisor
Kathleen Sleboda
Third Advisor
Keira Alexandra
Abstract
Virtual Fantasy is a proposition in opposition to virtual reality. Fantasy is essential to queer survival; we daydream to escape the hetero-normative structures we’ve been forced to live in — imagining new futures without binaries, linearity, or traditional notions of success. By exploring immersion, escapism, and agency in our virtual worlds through a queer lens, VF offers a reframing of our relationship to VR — embracing digital spaces and their potential to imagine new futures and possibilities, while remaining present in the world around us, as we are here in our bodies, now.
Recommended Citation
Petrillo, Joey, "Virtual Fantasy" (2023). Masters Theses. 1082.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1082
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Comments
View exhibition online: Joey Petrillo: Virtual Fantasy