∫Stung by a wave≈

The following is a curated selection of biographical materials, poetic observations, amateur scientific and psychological inquiries mixed with a dash of extraterrestrial, spiritual, or otherworldly unknowing and finished off with philosophical meanderings that toe the line with anti-anxiety propaganda. A series of small narratives and inquiries about material usage and imagery within my sculptures act not as a guide but as an organization of information, an index of indexes of seemingly disparate materials grouped to try and express a whole. Exploring the delicate relationships between frequency, temperature, brain chemistry, consciousness, and climate poetically, this thesis attempts to question and reframe ideas of freedom, individualism, and linearity in time and perspective.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Studio Art

Grantor

The University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2022

Author dc:creator

• Swearengin, Austin Padgett

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Sawyer, Margo, 1958-
• McMaster, R. Eric

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Williams, Jeff
• Stoney, Jack
• Lucas, Kristin

• Contemporary
• Sculpture
• Frequency
• Brain chemistry
• Climate
• Art
• Poetry

Language dc:language.iso

en

Identifier URI

https://doi.org/10.26153/tsw/49978

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/123179