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dc.contributor.authorPearson, Sara
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-19 14:31:01 (GMT)
dc.date.available2022-01-19 14:31:01 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2022-01-19
dc.date.submitted2022-01-13
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/17918
dc.description.abstractI am calling this paper, and the body of work that it supports: forms of relief. The word relief has a couple of meanings: in the sculptural sense, the Latin root word relievo means to “raise or to lighten”, visually resulting in sculpture that combines two- and three-dimensional forms, where the sculpture remains supported by a background of the same material. Relief as an emotion, means to feel a lightness after a period of anxiety, stress or pain has been experienced and has passed. The artwork in my thesis examines the dual reality of relief and chronic pain through material and conceptual explorations. To live with chronic illness often means to live in friction with the hyper-performance of modern western society; to live in resistance to behaviors of individualism, acceleration and competition. It is my opinion that the labour of illness is connected to every other aspect of an ill life. For me, this raises questions about the role that art can play in cognitive and physical restoration practices. What can communicate ideas of imperfection, simulation, trust, time, and importantly, support? How can I both maintain my physical well-being, and my love of building things and fabrication? The sculptures in this exhibition manifest the ideas, philosophies, physical labour, energy expenditure, conversations, research and heart that has made up the last two and a quarter years of my life as I worked to heal and rehabilitate my body and mind, in tandem with making the art presented here.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectarten
dc.subjectfine arten
dc.subjectvisual arten
dc.subjectsculptureen
dc.subjectempathyen
dc.subjectinstallation arten
dc.subjecttextile arten
dc.subjecthealingen
dc.subjectrestorationen
dc.subjectresten
dc.subjectcontemplationen
dc.subjectchronicen
dc.subjectchronic painen
dc.subjectslownessen
dc.subjectdisabilityen
dc.subjectinvisible disabilityen
dc.subjectceramicsen
dc.titleforms of reliefen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalse
uws-etd.degree.departmentFine Artsen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineFine Arts (Studio Art)en
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Fine Artsen
uws-etd.embargo.terms0en
uws.contributor.advisorCooper, Tara
uws.contributor.advisorMacDonald, Logan
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Artsen
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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