Date of Award
12-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Visual Arts
Committee Chair/Advisor
Todd Anderson
Committee Member
Beth Lauritis
Committee Member
Kathleen Thum
Abstract
Amidst the Cardboard City examines moments where joyous potential is brought into the seemingly bland moments of daily life. The focus of this inquiry takes the form of a narrative that follows the character Birdman as he journeys through his environment, becoming more and more active within it as he strives for a greater freedom within his world. The thesis artworks take the form of nine multiple-block woodcut prints made through a unique photomechanical process involving set building, digital photography, color separations, hand printing, and laser engraving. A large, eight-foot by eight-foot by eight-foot gallery installation was also exhibited. This installation sought to share the formal and conceptual aspects of the printed artworks in a three-dimensional and human scale.
Primary sources of visual inspiration were taken from contemporary artists Carrier Curry and Lothar Osterberg. Writer David Foster Wallace served as a primary source of literary inspiration.
Recommended Citation
Tollefsen, Olaf, "Amidst the Cardboard City" (2021). All Theses. 3703.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/all_theses/3703