Date of Award
Spring 5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Furniture
First Advisor
Patricia Johnson
Second Advisor
Jonah Takagi
Third Advisor
Harry Allen
Abstract
In a world where consumption is inevitable, our choices define us. However, the situation is never so black and white. The boundary between commodification and authentic representations has grown increasingly opaque, layered with irony, sincerity, critique, and tribute.
Within this complexity lies not a clear resistance, but an opportunity: to embrace the oscillation and locate one’s authenticity through metamodernist sensibilities.
My process begins by interrogating the accepted—may it be a product, a technique, or a medium. I deconstruct, fragment, and remove it from its original context—both physically and conceptually.
What emerges is a recursive reconstruction, where origin and iteration intertwine, forming new creations that have their own self-awareness.
Recommended Citation
Li, Xubai, "Out of Consumption Out of Context Into Recursion" (2025). Masters Theses. 1479.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1479
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