Petranek, StefanPanfil, Matt2018-07-302018-07-302018https://hdl.handle.net/1805/16875My multimedia thesis work depicts confrontations between humanity and both natural and supernatural entities and forces, as well as examines the implications of cosmic indifference: a philosophical and literary ideology wherein humankind exists at the mercy of ambivalent, and often cruel, machinations of nature. I synthesize disparate media to create immersive installations, cut-paper collages, experimental films, and sculptural assemblages designed to unsettle and transfix my audience, in order to transcend faculties of normative human reason.enAttribution 3.0 United StatesPsychedelicAnthropoceneCosmic horrorCosmic indifferenceCosmicismExtraterrestrialNature as devourer