WHISPERS FROM THE GHOST HOUSE

• Other Authors: Jones, Symantha (author)
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Florida Atlantic University
• Subjects: Visual arts; Art; Mixed media works
• Online Access: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013477

Whispers from the Ghost House is the concrete manifestation of the mutable nature of childhood memory held within the nebulous forms of home. In all of its many incarnations home exists as a construction out of time and space that absorbs the accumulation of life performed around and within its walls. Home is idealized and sought after, both sanctuary and snare. The iterations of home I created are primarily constructed from repurposed materials with inherent histories; unstable and malleable. Cardboard and paper holds the plastic veneer of various mediums to shape, color, and mar surfaces. The home develops an identity as it absorbs each action and material, gradually becoming an entity as well as a receptacle, to both display and obfuscate the nostalgic and the unattainable. Each hardened home becomes a haunted being in which memories interlace and fade away as they transform into the wild twisted houses of reverie. === Includes bibliography. === Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2020. === FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection