Date of Award
Spring 5-22-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Graphic Design
First Advisor
Kathy Wu
Second Advisor
Minkyoung Kim
Abstract
human
0. a being, relating to, or belonging to a person or to people.
1. an organism whose behaviour is structured by survival, instinct, and the immediate conditions of its environment.
2. a primate capable of thinking in abstractions. It makes marks, builds tools, and uses language to reflect on itself and the world around it.
3. a maker that increasingly constructs systems as a mirror of itself to store memory, meaning, and perception beyond the limits of its body.
4. an entity whose intelligence is increasingly indistinguishable from the tools and technological infrastructures it has built.
5. a superhuman who extends itself in time and space through feedback loops and co-dependence.
0. a being, extended by default, that outlives its own making, cohabiting with everything it has made.
Recommended Citation
Mantri, Ritu, "Human After All" (2026). Masters Theses. 1692.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1692
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