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My practice borrows from early material processes of animation. The tools and techniques I primarily use were developed for commercial entertainment but are now obsolete outside of education and experimentation. The demanding labor process of…

Travelling to the Peace River Valley from Vancouver, I saw firsthand the impact upon the land, from large mining enterprises leaving polluted rivers, streams, and lakes; the clear cutting of forests, and the introduction of industrial work camps…

This thesis document titled Palm Readings is informed by entangled topics that take up plein air painting, watercolour as a primary medium and the relationship of colour to the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The specific questions that I address…

My work aims to question how historic tropes shape the way personal identity is formed in relation to sexuality, specifically in relation to masculinity and queerness. By using the symbols which are representative of my cultural background, I aim to…

In this thesis, I outline a multimodal research project that investigates my relationship to the lower Fraser River from Yale BC to the mouth and takes up methods of physical exploration, conversation and drawing. My research questions include: As a…

The Vancouver School of Art: Rain Beaux-Arts Ball, Hyatt Regency Hotel, April 3, 1976. The Rain Beaux Arts Ball celebrates the rain - one of the grandest and certainly most plentiful resources of the Pacific Northwest - in association with the First…

This thesis documents focuses on painting and mythology and how they investigate thematic questions regarding consciousness and existence. The study investigates how world building and the creation of fictional characters through the medium of paint…

Utilizing a TRANSdisciplinary and iterative process, with a focus on collage and installation, I am investigating identity & Private spaces in relationship to the Public spaces of the Art Gallery & Internet. My thesis project, PLAY House (…

This thesis document, Enceinte Holobiont, explores the positional, practical, and theoretical underpinnings of my recent sculptures Composite Tension. My thesis (both conceptual and visual) focuses on the model of the maternal body that speaks to…

Inclusive Design for Regaining Lost Identity is a research project that aims to design and develop accessible clothing that is inclusive and fashionable to foster psycho-social well-being and to enhance the self-esteem of women with disabilities.…

This thesis project is auto-ethnographic research and practice-based inquiry, into the cultural construction and representation of women. Movement, video installation, photography and handmade collage are combined to examine the marginalized spaces…

Jason Karman is a Vancouver-based screenwriter-director and producer. His 17 short films have screened internationally at festivals, including Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent showcase at Clermont-Ferrand. A Master of Fine Arts graduate…

This paper chronicles my thesis research into memory, place and painting. I focus my research on the disused homestead of Demetri Cabin on Saltspring Island, and use this paper to introduce the reader to the site. Using two distinctive voices, one…

This thesis outlines the various approaches, processes, and works that I used throughout an ongoing negotiation between my professional routine as an employee with the Government of British Columbia and my work as an artist. The process of…

The body of work presented within this document is wide-ranging, sometimes performative, material based or ephemeral. Although I discuss my use of traditional media like painting, drawing and video, I also describe how I expanded the very notion of…

Throughout this paper, I will lay out some of the underpinnings of my practice. My practice is multivalent; it ranges widely, draws from many sources and employs a multitude of media. It reflects my explorations in using the parafiction as a…

The writing presented in this paper attempts to break down the broad structures within which I exist. I would like to preface the document by stating that I see the writing and art presented in this paper as steps in a broader effort to gain agency…

This paper discusses strategies for breaking conventional semiotic systems of signs and symbols towards machines and technologies, and considers alternative modes for interactive technologies and common technological objects. My research explores…

Photo by Philip Timms. “Old Chinatown Dupont St. at Main St. 5a.m., Vancouver, B.C.” 1904. Courtesy of the Chung Collection, UBC Rare Books and Special Collections. Created for inclusion in the 2019 Makers Artists United (MAU) calendars

'Unspoken Intentions' and 'the Rooted People Heard Me All the Same' is a composition demonstrating an intertwining of Coast Salish knowledge and western scientific evidence. The confluence of these two worldviews form the…

This thesis is a phenomenological investigation of sound as a form of touch and the effects of close listening. A methodology for studio process is first proposed that relies on a background of memories and embodied experiences that contribute to a…

I make performances using space, time, the body — and sometimes things — as materials. These performances attempt, through a personal and embodied investigation of these materials, to explore an intimacy with the viewer that engages with questions…

Owing to the long history of being colonized by China and France, the Vietnamese language has been exposed to the cultural conception of other nations. It has been separated by great gulfs in time, geography, different social and political systems,…