Renascence

• Other Authors: Navarrete, Roberto Rafael (author)
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Florida Atlantic University
• Subjects: Installations (Art); Sexual minorities; Multimedia (Art)
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013044

My thesis body of work offers a bridge into the physical, emotional, and spiritual scarring caused by global intolerance towards the LGBTQIA+ community and oppression embedded by patriarchal power. This body of work is a collection of resurfaced history and experiences transformed physically by intentionally subverting hyper-masculine materials into knots. My objective is to deconstruct individual knotted cords that make up the fabric of my identity and reconstruct them into an installation. Renascence offers a visceral experience for the audience that aesthetically explores the body’s transformation as it heals. This thesis asserts a place within a reflective, fluid, transitional identity expressing the intersection of the temporality and body that I occupy as a Queer, Latinx artist of color. Working across media, Renascence incorporates performance, photography, paper, paint, projection, mirrors and built environments. === Includes bibliography. === Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. === FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection