Date of Award
May 2019
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
Art
Advisor(s)
Juan Juarez
Keywords
Absurdism, Contemporary American, Humor, Mundane, Play, Shared Experience
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis paper is to describe my current studio practice and research. Using humor and play, I invite the reader to question the reality of what it means to be a contemporary American. Through shared and personal experience, I examine the dualities between adolescence and the misconceptions of adulthood. I describe my use of absurdism, participation and material choice to discuss our culture of affirmation and distraction. Finally, I conclude that there is a lot of humor and uselessness to be found in the mundane.
Access
Open Access
Recommended Citation
Corgan, Candice Malyn, "Everyone Does Weird Shit When No One Is Looking: The Shared American Experience, Absurdism & the Mundane" (2019). Theses - ALL. 306.
https://surface.syr.edu/thesis/306
