Living Objects

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2017-06During the last two years I have found new ways to develop and maintain relationships with others through my relationships with objects. Understanding the purpose of the object, the functionality, the way it exists within our world, and interacting with it to elucidate meaning outside of the traditional, functional scope that the object is originally intended is imperative to my work. The ritualistic acts of deconstruction and construction have given me the opportunity to bring tactility to intangible concepts regarding my identity within the context of my relationships. These rituals have shown me that it is much easier to comprehend the question of what it means to be human after requesting an answer from an inanimate object