Chasing the echoes of home
department or school: Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Verge, Victoria
issued: 2024-11-28T17:15:54Z
issued: 2024
related degree: Master of Fine Arts - MFA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This body of work and supporting essay explore the interplay between movement and stasis within the concept of home, a theme drawn from my childhood experiences of frequent relocations due to my father's military career. In my installation, Chasing the Echoes of Home, I display a series of small-scale sculptures of houses, constructed from reclaimed wood and found objects. The sculptures possess the kinetic potential to collapse and rebuild themselves with the turn of a crank. However, when exhibited in the gallery, the houses remain dormant (not to be touched by the audience) and instead come to life through motion-triggered audio recordings that play the individual sounds of each house’s movement. This investigation contributes to discussions on the physical and psychological impacts of mobility and displacement, increasingly pertinent in contemporary art and migration studies. By integrating traditional sculptural forms with interactive audio elements, my work navigates the boundaries of material and experiential art practices. My choice to incorporate found materials speaks to themes of resourcefulness and adaptability, essential traits of my Newfoundland heritage and relevant to broader discussions on sustainability and community resilience. My research aims to contribute to the fields of visual arts and cultural studies by offering an artistic exploration of home and identity in an increasingly globalized world. It examines how personal history and cultural background influence experiences of geographic and emotional displacement fostering a deeper understanding of the stability-home spectrum while challenging audiences to reconsider conventional notions of belonging and community.
aggregated CHO: https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/89743
note: Chasing the Echoes of Home by Victoria Verge B.F.A., Memorial University, Grenfell Campus, 2016 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF FINE ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Visual Arts) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) November 2024 © Victoria Verge, 2024 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: Chasing the Echoes of Home submitted by Victoria Verge in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Fine Arts. Briar Craig, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Supervisor Renay Egami, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Supervisory Committee Member Samuel Roy-Bois, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Supervisory Committee Member Melissa Jacques, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences University Examiner Additional Committee Members include: Sue Frohlick, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract This body of work and supporting essay explore the interplay between movement and stasis within the concept of home, a theme drawn from my childhood experiences of frequent relocations due to my father's military career. In my installation, Chasing the Echoes of Home, I display a series of small-scale sculptures of houses, constructed from reclaimed wood and found objects. The sculptures possess the kinetic potential to collapse and rebuild themselves with the turn of a crank. However, when exhibited in the gallery, the houses remain dormant (not to be touched by the audience) and instead come to life through motion-triggered audio recordings that play the individual sounds of each house’s movement. This investigation contributes to discussions on the physical and psychological impacts of mobility and displacement, increasingly pertinent in contemporary art and migration studies. By integrating traditional sculptural forms with interactive au…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2025-02
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0447362
language: eng
degree discipline: Visual Arts
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Craig, Briar, 1961-
type: Text
type: Still Image
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/89743