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Washington University in St. Louis

Digital and Physical Spaces: All at Once

Abstract

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<p>In this thesis, I explore our experience of digital and physical spaces in the ever-increasing presence of technology. By investigating the intersections of these spaces, I focus on how our experiences in the physical world are processed through the digital space, to re-merge in lived spaces. Through digital collage paintings, I explore how assisted chance and machine destruction can be productive in the formation of space that is not possible on the screen. By using the drop shadow as primary content, my work takes on the arrangements of surface and space—rather than the requirements of the physical world. In addition, I use the physicality of paint to concretize the digital image into physical space and insert myself between both the digital and the physical world. Through my work, I hope to call attention to the way we process the digital space and physical space, all at once.</p>

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Visual Art
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Graduate School of Art
Year dc:date.available
2025

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Hoey, Addyson
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Joe deVera
  • Cheryl Wassenaar

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mfa_visual_art/33
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:mfa_visual_art-1036

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Hoey, Addyson. Digital and Physical Spaces: All at Once. Thesis thesis, 2025. https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mfa_visual_art/33