Date of Award
Spring 6-4-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Graphic Design
First Advisor
Kelsey Elder
Second Advisor
Ryan Waller
Third Advisor
Cem Eskinazi
Abstract
Language shapes our understanding of identity, place, and self. As a graphic designer, I question the existing structures of language, while using it as a material to build new formations. Nudging against certainties, I challenge how the stories we are told can dispossess us, even flatten us.
My method is a constant attempt to peel back the layers and study what lingers below. When questions arise, I look to the ways in which visual artists and writers have seen through this surface. I observe, listen, and hold stories closely, passing them back and forth between my hands. Using annotation and metaphor, I expose new relations. Immaterial observations become immersive experiences.
Emerging forms become a testing ground for new stories. To deconstruct our inherited narratives, I invite gentle disruptions; a soft provocation to reshape our inner dialogues.
Recommended Citation
Thrastardottir, Asta, "Slow ruptures; slow formations" (2022). Masters Theses. 827.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/827
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Comments
View exhibition online: Asta Thrastardottir, Soft ruptures; slow formations