Date of Award
Spring 5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Digital Media
First Advisor
Shawn Greenlee
Second Advisor
Leah Beeferman
Third Advisor
Jessina Leonard
Abstract
I am still learning how to understand the world.
As I moved through different countries, cultures, and communities, I often found myself unlearning and rebuilding what I thought I knew. At times I felt unanchored, floating without a sense of safety or belonging. So I began to walk.
Walking became my way of reconnecting. With each step, I used my senses to notice the details around me: shadows cast by sunlight; life growing from soil; the presence of buildings and objects as quiet evidence of human existence. These elements — scent, light, sound, size, temperature — shape our perception of space and memory in quiet and powerful ways.
Through text, photography, and spatial composition, this thesis explores how the everyday — humble and persistent — can ground us. It investigates how sensory elements, when brought into focus, transform ordinary moments into sites of reflection and meaning.
Recommended Citation
Gong, Yujia, "," (2025). Masters Theses. 1370.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1370
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