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Spectacles and Stuff Ferguson, Anna

Abstract

A theatre of salvage and happenstance, where discarded objects become actors, mediators, and narrators in an ongoing spectacle of consumption and creation. Reconsidering the value and narrative of material things, embracing clutter, reuse, and the stories embedded in what we acquire, cherish, and leave behind. Presented through a model and narrative created by collections, treasures and scraps, this project addresses the need to bring art and performance back to the downtown core, acknowledge Granville Street’s rich legacy, resist urban homogeneity, and propose an alternative way of engaging with material culture, one that re-imagines our relationship to consumption and waste.

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Title
Spectacles and Stuff
Creator
Ferguson, Anna
Date Issued
2025-05
Description
A theatre of salvage and happenstance, where discarded objects become actors, mediators, and narrators in an ongoing spectacle of consumption and creation. Reconsidering the value and narrative of material things, embracing clutter, reuse, and the stories embedded in what we acquire, cherish, and leave behind. Presented through a model and narrative created by collections, treasures and scraps, this project addresses the need to bring art and performance back to the downtown core, acknowledge Granville Street’s rich legacy, resist urban homogeneity, and propose an alternative way of engaging with material culture, one that re-imagines our relationship to consumption and waste.
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text; Still Image
Language
eng
Date Available
2025-05-12
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0448863
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/91108
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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