bipolar[i].discuss();

This MFA thesis uses the medium of computer language to explore the chaos underlying Bipolar I Disorder, an enigmatic and disruptive illness. Using creative coding to generate a series of abstract systems representing human traits, I explore the common truth that pervades the seemingly randomness of mental illness: we all break the same.

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

2013

Author dc:creator

• Walker, Megan Anna Hein

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Burch-Brown, Carol S.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Dee, Meaghan A.
• Webster, Dane
• Abel, Troy D.

• creative technologies
• creative coding
• processing
• art
• bipolar disorder

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

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

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:1565

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/23805