College
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-06 11:41:40
Major
Art
Honors Course
7100 499
Number of Credits
3
Degree Name
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2023
Abstract
My installation is an expression of the sketchbook in the sense that it is an object bound by time. Specifically, it is the assemblage of time, cognition, and the materiality of the sketchbook. The installation consists of various sized papers interlinked by tied thread. On the papers are drawings and sketches arranged in proximity to other sketches that are the inspiration or iteration of one another. Thus, a web of evolution is created. This project is an exploration of how images are created and evolved, such as symbols, and how the material construction and physical presentation of the installation affects content of the drawings and overall concept of the evolution of the drawing. This essay draws upon Rachel Z. Delue’s writing about the diaries and work of artist Arthur Dove and Emily Dickinson’s Gorgeous Nothings to explore concepts of assemblage, the cognition of the creative mind, and materiality.
Research Sponsor
Matthew Kolodziej
First Reader
Dave Szalay
Second Reader
Arnold Turnstall
Honors Faculty Advisor
Markus Vogl
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
Rice, Diana, "Symbols in Sketchbooks" (2023). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1617.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1617