Desubjectification and Ritual Process

The process of decomposition can be used as a method for disrupting the knowing subject, thus creating space for the awareness of unnoticed ideologies and beliefs. The body of work presented in this thesis intends to point towards, symbolically represent, and alchemically initiate a process of dissolution. It arises from an intention to negotiate psychospiritual suffering, by transmuting impulses of self destruction and violence into ceremonial and ritual processes. This work incorporates various methods into its scope, including video, performance, sculpture, painting, and gardening.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Creative Technologies

Department dc:contributor.department

Art and Art History

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2021

Author dc:creator

• Flood, Caleb Russell

Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair

• Weaver, Rachel L.
• Duer, Zachary R.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Precoda, Karl R.
• Blanchard, Samuel Paul

• Desubjectification
• process
• decomposition
• swamp
• creative technologies
• annihilation
• ritual
• peace

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:30607

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/112689