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This essay interrogates the notion of subjectivity and poses the following questions: How does one become a subject? What positions constitute his/her subjectivity? How are these positions interpreted by others? How can we envision an ethics that…

My name is Harry Sung, a Vancouver-based Filmmaker. I am currently in the pursuit of directing and editing Music Videos, as I have been passionate about music ever since I was a kid. A goal of mine is to express the inexpressible, and while being an…

How can engagement, visualization tools, and handworkmanship promote thinking beyond traditional modes of garment design? Traditional garment creation has a deep history of craft, quality workmanship, and culture. As the collective skills of weaving…

This thesis project is rooted in relationships─ the deep bonds which we share with one another, with our more-than-human kin, and our relationship with the abundant animate life that exists in the natural world. After losing several loved ones to…

My research Perspective is Moving started with two questions. An internal one - how do I see the world? And a professional facing one - how can a design or design process contribute to shifting contemporary dualist, human-centered perspectives…

In this thesis, I demonstrate how I map out my autobiographical experiences within my art practice to bring attention to the powerful capitalist and patriarchal structures that keep feminism, mental illness, and pain hidden. By using autotheory, I…

Bal de Montmartre at the Commodore. January 29, 1953. Tickets $10 per couple.

Jasmine Liaw is an emerging, Chinese-Canadian cross-disciplinary artist in dance performance and digital art. Currently residing in Vancouver, Jasmine graduated with Distinction with the Conteur Academy, a contemporary dance training program under…

“In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between them, there are doors.” ― William Blake. This thesis support paper presents my artistic research on the ephemeral nature of absence in social constructs…

Established practices of editorial design for fiction and non-fiction primarily focus on the visual communication and curation of meaning to a user of a given text. This is usually accomplished via art direction, delivery platform, and overall form…

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…

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…

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…

Learning to See the Unknown: Drawing Out the Strange is a thesis project that takes a speculative approach to reflecting on subjective experiences of mental imagery, perception, and other neural phenomena. Entangled with ways of understanding from…

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…

What may seem like a fuzzy retreat from devastating personal, local, and global realities is in fact a tactile, humane action to seek alternatives. This thesis explores object-making in a world of hazardous objects and conditions, intertwining the…

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…

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…

Through my practice of colour darkroom manipulations and site installation, I investigate the photographic act as a unique phenomenon, serving a visual practice that embraces iteration and futurity. Photographs are in their very nature a unique set…

The thesis paper explores an interdisciplinary and research based practice as a means to interpret the intricacies of webbed patterns in the universe. It examines the existence of patterns at a microscopic and macroscopic level in order to…

This paper examines the experience of lucid dreaming both from my own perspective and that of others, as well as the theoretical, psychological and artistic aspects of this phenomenon. I discuss destabilizing factors in lucid dreaming: a term used…

My heritage is glued to colour palette, which is layered underneath historical and contemporary painting influences. In an attempt to answer these questions, I begin to peel back layers of personal history and the physical layers of each painting,…