Date of Award
Summer 5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Photography
First Advisor
Eduardo Rivera
Second Advisor
Brian Ulrich
Third Advisor
Anne West
Abstract
As with the light that spills from the excitement of a flame, the ideas explored within the writings of Fervor emerged as the luminous flickering of those energies which arise in spaces of worship and belief, and their image. These writings shift and contort, suggesting the necessity for a constant renegotiation of sight, casting shadows of uncertainty that seem to move of their own volition. Rather than attempt to suggest a definitive understanding of the image and its relations, this work has embraced the fragmentary nature of the photographs from which it emerges. Taking the form of an artist's dictionary, each entry ranges from engagements with theory and specific photographs, to reflections on practice and personal narrative. In the first section, The Image–Being is explored through fragment, aura, and realize. The second section, Seeking, attempts to interrogate the relation between sight and wanting through the words desire, and fervor. In the final section, The Image Beyond, the terms un-real, and belief are evoked in order to think of what lies beyond thought’s limited engagement with the image. The writings of Fervor are left uncertain—ends that are not ends suggesting that there is always more beyond.
Recommended Citation
Stockton, Tam c., "Fervor" (2025). Masters Theses. 1492.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1492
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