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Handholding Color - Water

BFA Thesis

The Cleveland Institute of Art 

Cleveland, Ohio

2018

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Thesis Statment

Interacting with these wearables, sculpture and functional object demonstrate and encourage positive and meaningful social relationships.

Thesis Problem Statment

          Without social interaction, human life would be horribly lonely, or even physically toxic. Prosocial objects are needed more as society dives deeper into the digital age. Face-to-face interaction provides a biological force field that fights against mental illness and physical decline.

          My work is influenced most by personal situations I have experienced and my drive to document relationships with others and bringing awareness to the extraordinary value of human interaction. I do so by creating wearables, functional objects and sculptures. The wearables are tangibles auras that are physical representations of unseen energy; physical objects that illustrate the invisible. The sculptures are abstract representations of specific social situations. Through abstraction, I'm able to transcend my own self reflection to reach a universal perspective. Functional objects have the potential to enhance human experience. My objects enhance social interaction by having two simultaneous users.

          These prosocial objects are meant to create, analyze, and encourage the need for maintaining positive personal connections. 

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