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    • Strategies of Digital Surrealism in Contemporary Western Cinema 

      Kartashov, Andrei (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)
      This thesis joins an ongoing discussion of cinema’s identity in the digital age. The new technology, which by now has become standard for moving images of any kind, has put into question existing assumptions and created ...
    • heart of plush 

      Ito, Fuko (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)
      "heart of plush" is an exhibition of a series of large-scale drawings that imagines various scenes and narratives of a parallel universe inhabited by a community of naked, vulnerable, genderless creatures called fumblys. ...
    • Phantom Thoughts, Surreal Dreams: A Journey Through Organizational Dysfunction 

      Ehlers, Walter David (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)
      The sculpture for my Master of Fine Arts exhibition represents some of the memories resulting from nearly thirty years of military service, and is inspired by observations of absurd, ironic and haunting experiences. My art ...
    • BETA CUCK 

      Dickerson, Spencer (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)
      The following is a written thesis of the concepts and visual elements that dictated Spencer Dickerson’s MFA thesis exhibition, BETA CUCK. The show was installed at the University of Kansas Art and Design Gallery from March ...
    • La Mano Izquierda: an Essay on Erasure 

      Castano-Marquez, Juan Jose (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)
      La Mano Izquierda: an Essay on Erasure is an archival exhibition that utilizes video, installation, performance, alternative storytelling, and textiles to develop a multi-sensory space that incorporates strategies inherent ...
    • Brilliance of Silence 

      Amiri, Nazanin (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)
      Brilliance of Silence is an installation made of fabric and paper which provides a contemplative environment within public space of a gallery. Brilliance of Silence advocates quietude and privacy as two essential missing ...
    • Otherwise, The Gap: Performing Identities in Iranian Contemporary Art and Performance 

      Esfandiary, Rana (University of Kansas, 2018-05-31)
      Otherwise, the Gap: Performing Identities in Iranian Contemporary Art and Performance explores the intersections between race, performance, and politics within and without the so-called Middle Eastern region. I use theories ...
    • Producing Gayness: The 1990s “Gay Boom” in Japanese Media 

      Ogawa, Sho (University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)
      This dissertation examines the gay boom in the Japan, where various media from magazines, novels, television shows, to feature films reported on and represented male homosexuality in scale that was unprecedented and is ...
    • Lit up and left dark: Failures of imagination in urban broadband networks 

      Halegoua, Germaine R.; Lingel, Jessa (Sage, 2018-06-05)
      The design and deployment of urban broadband infrastructures inscribe particular imaginations of Internet access onto city streets. The different manifestations and locations of these networks, their uses, and access points ...
    • Time is of the Essence: The Centrality of Time in Science Plays and the Cultural Implications 

      Tiehen, Jeanne Peggy (University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)
      Time is of the Essence: The Centrality of Time in Science Plays and the Cultural Implications examines how time operates within the narrative and structure of science plays. Combining analysis of play texts and production ...
    • Performing National Identity, Civic Resistance and Cultural Memory in Costa Rica's Masked Traditions 

      Sandi-Diaz, Gina (University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)
      “Performing National Identity, Civic Resistance and Cultural Memory in Costa Rica’s Masked Traditions” studies two performance traditions that date to the 17th century: Las mascaradas del Valle Central and El juego de los ...
    • SECRET SUPERSTARS AND OTHERWORLDLY WIZARDS: Gender Biased Hiding of Extraordinary Abilities in Girl-Powered Disney Channel Sitcoms from the 2000s 

      Hodel, Christina Hereiti (University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)
      Conformity messaging and subversive practices potentially harmful to healthy models of feminine identity are critical interpretations of the differential depiction of the hiding and usage of tween girl characters’ extraordinary ...
    • John Tibbetts Oral History Interview 

      Tibbetts, John C.; Healey, Elspeth (2018-02-13)
      The interview concerns Professor Tibbetts's decades-long practice of preparing portraits (in gouache or pen and ink) in anticipation of the interviews he conducts with figures from the worlds of film, theatre, music, and ...
    • RABINAL ACHI. Scenographic Design of a traditional Mayan Play 

      Rodríguez-Montero, Pamela (University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)
      The Mayan dance-drama Rabinal Achí is one of the most important remaining pre-Columbian artistic expressions today. The script of the play is written in the Mayan language of K’iche’ and is performed every year at the end ...
    • Beyond The Phantom Edit: A Critical History and Practical Analysis of Fan Edits 

      Wille, Joshua (University of Kansas, 2017-09-31)
      Fan edits are essentially unauthorized alternative versions of films made by fans, whom I define as people with intense interest in films and related media. Unlike traditional film editing, which is characterized by a new ...
    • More Than Movies: Social Formations in Informal Networks of Media Sharing 

      Van Esler, Michael W. (University of Kansas, 2017-08-31)
      This project examines the social structures, formations, and practices of informal networks of media sharing (INMSs) through both historical and sociological lenses. INMSs are comprised of individuals who distribute and ...
    • Memories to Objects: Taking Inspiration from Family Tradition 

      Thierry, Alexander Joseph (University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)
      The work of Alexander Thierry uses clay as the material to illustrate his feelings of the loss of family traditions. His memories are tied to furniture pieces from his grandparents’ home. By telling stories, this thesis ...
    • Culture Vulture 

      Pursel, Sydney (University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)
      Culture Vulture was a one night only multisensory performative event held at TeePee Junction in Lawrence, Kansas on Earth Day, April 22, 2017. It mirrored Buffalo Bill’s Wild West by entertaining, educating, and engaging ...
    • altPersona: clusterTeratoma activeHomunculus reAnimation 

      Morales Scholz, Erick Rodolfo (University of Kansas, 2017-01-01)
      altPersona: clusterTeratoma activeHomunculus reAnimation is an art installation that uses the concept of a fictional artificial being to question our dark attraction that motivates the creation of alternative lifeforms. ...
    • Titus Andronicus: The Material Effects of Sexual Assault and Trauma as Represented Through Design 

      Mazur, Leah (University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)
      William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus was written between 1588 and 1596. The revenge play focuses on the cycle of retaliation between Titus Andronicus and Tamora, Queen of the Goths. While the themes of Roman Militaristic ...