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Virginia Commonwealth University

Topographies of Memory

Abstract

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My work gives physical form to the ephemeral sense of memory. Memories shift and fade as life passes. The subtle and constant changes in the atmosphere give visual form to the passage of time. The time I spend working is marked by each stitch, each knot, each repetitive act of my hands. I construct and deconstruct my materials to show a suspension between formation and falling apart, the acts of remembering and forgetting, and to represent time passing and time stopped. I explore the visual aspects of how memories appear in our brain, and how the brain changes as memories are lost. An imagined landscape reflects the vastness of our mind. The unspecified topographies I create leave a sense of mystery about the place formed by the materials.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Fine Arts - Fibers
Year dc:date.available
2013

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Wood, Rena
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Susan Iverson

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • © The Author

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-1514

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-24
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citation

Wood, Rena. Topographies of Memory. Thesis thesis, 2013. https://doi.org/10.25772/486M-3Z76