Untitled Apocalypse : strategies in polyopia
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Authors
Berkoy, Allison
Issue Date
2013-08
Type
Electronic thesis
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Thesis
Language
ENG
Keywords
Electronic arts
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Abstract
I introduce frames for further examining the polyopic lens: environment, performance, and narrative. I suggest prescriptive strategies for building this type of work: multi-focal construction, invoking multiplicity; attention to depth of field, considering rupture points between immersion and alienation; and the mechanisms of light refraction, looking to the projected image. I contextualize these strategies through historical practices by other artists, and discuss my own past work leading up to the ideas behind polyopia. Untitled Apocalypse then arrives, with a walk through of the experience and descriptions of its sculptural tableaus, crashing kinetic sculpture, solar-powered installation, "live show" hosted by inanimate objects, and a collection of films. I then re-examine these attempts toward a "polyopic art work", whether Untitled Apocalypse was effectively a polyopic work, and whether the exhibition experience was effectively communicated overall.
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August 2013
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY