Date of Award
Spring 5-30-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Graphic Design
First Advisor
Lucinda Hitchcock
Second Advisor
James Goggin
Third Advisor
Andrew Sloat
Abstract
At the intersection of multiple simultaneous timelines, Continuum of Significance is a graphic design practice that acknowledges time and meaning as fluid, shifting variables. By challenging notions of obsolescence and assumed valuations, the work brings forward stories and experiences that might otherwise go unnoticed, or quickly fade from memory.
This body of work explores various attempts at reconciliation, vacillating between faster modes of production, and a practice deeply anchored and concerned with history, research, iteration, and contemplation. Materials gleaned from the mundane: the expired historic archive, and the vivid digital cache, are recomposed to invoke a slow read in our fast world.
Timelines are not fixed; the past is an active part of where we are and where we are going. Its meaning and interpretation undergo continuous renegotiation across the spectrum of time.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Diane, "Continuum of significance" (2016). Masters Theses. 418.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/418