Semester of Graduation
Summer 2026
Degree
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Printmaking
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
The exhibition this body held others examines the body's invisible depths, the unseen, and its interpersonal memories. These ideas are explored through printmaking, book arts, and papermaking, with a focus on their connection and response to the materiality and nature of the body. Through the examination of my personal archive this work explores the collection, reconstruction, and recycling of imagery. The exhibition explores an unfolding story that examines how the ephemeral and corporeal survival and legacy of self and maternal lineage. These ideas are explored through the exhibitions three sections; emergence, body merger / departure, and the return. The attention to repeating and altered imagery call upon the transitory nature of the body, memory, and identity white the works material investigation explores the bodily and earthly nature of self.
Date
5-21-2026
Recommended Citation
Pons, Mia I., "this body held others" (2026). LSU Master's Theses. 6393.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/6393
Committee Chair
Lauren Cardenas
LSU Acknowledgement
1
LSU Accessibility Acknowledgment
1