Semester of Graduation
Fall 2018
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
FAS
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
The project described in this paper is an exhibition of gallery-based durational performance art, and resulting three-dimensional artifacts, that was created through a tangled process of relapse and recovery from mental illness. The first section of this paper peers into the parameters of ephemeral artistic practice. I discuss the process of merging my recovery and creative practice through performance art, and then parse the discussion of the work into the categories of performer, audience, site, and time. Section II details various aspects of spectator experience through a second-person narrative tracing the crowd flow of the exhibition. I conclude with an epilogue, framing the work in the exhibition with a current snapshot of the blurred boundary between my practices of living and art.
Date
11-8-2018
Recommended Citation
Kutner, Jamie M., "Creating Coping Mechanism: An Anatomy of a Gallery-Based Installation and Performance Work" (2018). LSU Master's Theses. 4833.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/4833
Committee Chair
Nam, Hye Yeon
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.4833