Approaching Bodies: Mutual Emissions and the Insistence of Reflex
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2021
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First, I have to explain what I mean by bodies. My understanding and usage of this term spans almost all things. According to existing definitions of the word, it can refer to the physical structure of a living organism, a central aspect of something, a collection, and a distinct material. Bodies are ideas, relationships, objects, words, spaces, and systems. Anything can be bodied. Body is a verb. It does. Bodies operate, connect, create, interact, and transform. Bodies are context, forming the structures of attachment that allow us to understand and make associations. Bodies appear many times in the coming pages. I would like you, my reader, to understand that I purposefully do not distinguish between intended meanings of the word body in many cases because to do so would reduce the body’s multiplicity. Know that the shifting meaning of this word is a deliberate and critical refusal of the reification of bodies. In this text, I will navigate my way toward the body in all its diversity of meaning, and in turn, provide space to observe how bodies approach their own interpretations.
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Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.
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MFA thesis, Electronic Integrated Arts, bodies