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The symbolic potential of form, material, and objects Broadbent, Rylan
Abstract
My research for this master’s degree started with a single intuition. I had a gut feeling that the image of a gun is powerful, although I could not articulate why. In order to find out, I embarked on journey to create a body of work that would move towards a deeper understanding of the object and its meaning. And while this thesis does not propose to answer definitively how the gun, or any object, can be defined as powerful, it does describe a means to further investigate through a creative practice. Over the course of the thesis, I weave together semiotics research, art theory, and personal experience to demonstrate that the creation of work meaningfully contributes to the collaborative intellectual process of building new knowledge.
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The symbolic potential of form, material, and objects
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University of British Columbia
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2022
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My research for this master’s degree started with a single intuition. I had a gut feeling that the image of a gun is powerful, although I could not articulate why. In order to find out, I embarked on journey to create a body of work that would move towards a deeper understanding of the object and its meaning. And while this thesis does not propose to answer definitively how the gun, or any object, can be defined as powerful, it does describe a means to further investigate through a creative practice. Over the course of the thesis, I weave together semiotics research, art theory, and personal experience to demonstrate that the creation of work meaningfully contributes to the collaborative intellectual process of building new knowledge.
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eng
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2022-08-30
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0418444
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University of British Columbia
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2022-09
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Graduate
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International