Undergraduate Research: An Archive - 2021 Program
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Rachel Mrkaich ’21<br />
ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY<br />
Certificate in Environmental Studies<br />
THESIS TITLE<br />
refractory planes<br />
ADVISER<br />
Martha Friedman,<br />
Senior Lecturer in<br />
Visual Arts in the Lewis<br />
Center for the Arts<br />
“refractory planes” is a series of sculptural<br />
installations that are constructed and<br />
deconstructed before and in reference to the<br />
landscapes of the world. Each iteration utilizes<br />
a range of organic and commercial materials to<br />
frame the selected landscapes in novel ways.<br />
Some of these materials include transparent<br />
and opaque glass, silk and wool fabric, flowers,<br />
and fruits. To date, each of the iterations has<br />
included one to three collapsible metal frames<br />
that are decorated with ornaments at the artist’s<br />
fluid discretion in response to the selected<br />
landscape. This work sought to highlight Earth’s<br />
beauty in order to encourage viewers to question<br />
the methods and referents they employ when<br />
considering the land and their relationship to it.<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
HUMANITIES AND CULTURE<br />
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