Wiped Clean
It seems that all forms of pain, quotidian and monumental, are catalogued in the same muted and inaccessible space in our memory. In my installation Wiped Clean, I question whether human capacity to externalize physical trauma is aided by a the physical design of our institutions. I examine the arch...
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VCU Scholars Compass
2017
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| Online Access: | http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4830 http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5939&context=etd |
| Summary: | It seems that all forms of pain, quotidian and monumental, are catalogued in the same muted and inaccessible space in our memory. In my installation Wiped Clean, I question whether human capacity to externalize physical trauma is aided by a the physical design of our institutions. I examine the architectures and structural mechanisms that mediate traumatic and intimate experiences with our bodies, and explore the potential of self-formation within these conditions. |
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