Cosmic Indifference in the Anthropocene

Abstract

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.