Opening the box :|bexploring the myth of Pandora

Stories, particularly stories like the Greek myth of Pandora's box, are how we as humans explore, explain, and examine the human condition. This is exactly what Opening the Box: Expfon•ng the Myth ofPandora does as well, in a fabricated space not wilike mythic or fantastic worlds such as Mount Olympus or Middle Earth. It examines the myth of Pandora itself in its many versions, and more closely investigates possible evils that Pandora let out of the box. Through underwater photography combined with mixed media (watercolors, oil pastels, graphite, ink, and acrylic paint), I create work inspired by different interpretations of Pandora's story as well as the possible evils that could have been released. By creating imagery that does not directly illustrate, but rather is loosely based on Pandora and her literary cousins, in an imaginative space, with unique connections between stories, I hope to offer a new look at the human condition and all that it entails.Thesis (B.?.)Related images on accompanying CD-ROM,Honors Colleg