Abstract
dc:description.abstractMy art practice is an ethical and imaginative discourse around Pakistan’s security culture anti-terrorism and its dependence on the production of cognitive illusions in the citizenry. My works elaborate on the use of urban furnishings of danger to rapidly create, continually reinforce and normalize the acceptance of surveillance. Concentrating on this subject matter, I use signs/elements such as razor wire, security barricades, which are painted in their original color theme of yellow, black, red, and white to visualize my lived experience under security surveillance. This thesis is a critical reflection on my creation throughout the MFA program. It is also an investigation of the use of traditional Mughal painting technique and Western art techniques, mediums, and methods within my art practice.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Art
- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Arts
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2020
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Ashraf Syed, Neha
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Huynh, Kim
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- McQuitty, Jane
- Rusted, Brian
- Hamel, Catherine
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:1880/112677