Cosmic Indifference in the Anthropocene
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2018
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English
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M.F.A.
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2018
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Indiana University
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My 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.
