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Abstract

dc:description.abstract

My research explores the relationship between creativity and curiosity by investigating questions posed by quantum science about the nature of reality, particularly regarding the concepts of fundamental uncertainty, wave-particle duality, superposition, the measurement problem, entanglement and emergence. This support text will provide important context for the development of my research methodology as well as discussions on the creation and analysis of the two artworks in the exhibition at Contemporary Calgary: Looking Up at the Surface and Emergence. The artworks in my thesis exhibition, waveforms, are the physical and conceptual manifestations of life in a non-deterministic universe. They are conceptual and perceptual metaphors for fundamental uncertainty, our relationship to the quantum world and ourselves as emergent beings. The overarching conclusions of my work concern the limitations on our ability to know the “truth” about the universe, but also the understanding that each of us carry “truth” in our unique, subjective perspectives as we experience and create reality.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Archaeology
Grantor dc:publisher.institution
Arts
Year dc:date.issued
2023

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Tuell, Sara Lydia
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
  • Leier, Heather
  • Stark, Trevor
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Feder, David
  • Ho-You, Jill
  • Eggermont, Marjan

Subjects

dc:subject × 11

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • 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
en

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:1880/117567

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2026-07-24
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citation

Tuell, Sara Lydia. waveforms. Arts, 2023. https://hdl.handle.net/1880/117567