Date of Award
Spring 6-4-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Furniture
First Advisor
Patricia Johnson
Second Advisor
Emily Cornell Du Houx
Third Advisor
Harry Allen
Abstract
The ceiling would fall apart in my childhood home, it was an old house. Occasionally a piece of ceiling would clomp down on my head. In these moments, I would pause, and close my eyes until an image of some fabulous, beautiful interior came into my mind, and then I would open my eyes and continue. Sometimes to escape a falling ceiling, I would find respite in my first ideal sitting spot, a post on our back fence; I would sit with the sky and think. Looking back, I believe these are the moments where I caught glimpses of the future. It is where I began an intentional practice of daydreaming and seeing daydreaming as an integral part of the built environment. My work is charged with present moment awareness, both unpredictable and still. It questions permanence and seeks belonging, embracing human existence in an ever-fluctuating world.
Recommended Citation
Tingey, Alexis, "The sky is falling" (2022). Masters Theses. 841.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/841
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Comments
View exhibition online: Alexis Tingey, The sky is falling