Date of Graduation
2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Type
MFA
College
College of Creative Arts
Committee Chair
Gerald Habarth
Abstract
This thesis supports and comments upon the meaning of Arheologia Memoriei (Romanian for "The Archaeology of Memory"), my Masters of Fine Arts exhibition. Memory is our only link to the past. In a fast-moving society with plenty of distractions, in a world of selfishness and individualism, we have forgotten to remember. The past is our identity, our heritage. My work is an attempt to make my audience link the present to the past through questioning traditional methods of preserving and transforming collective memory. By referencing historic attempts at cultural effacement with political, ideological and religious motivations, I comment upon the importance of preserving memory. The time-based work in the exhibition Arheologia Memoriei, presented in both real time and as a time-lapse video, addresses different forms of memory loss.
Recommended Citation
Basarab, Vlad Constantin, "Arheologia Memoriei (The Archaeology of Memory)." (2013). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports. 11146.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/etd/11146