The Contemporary Farr(ah)

Abstract

This thesis is about the personal struggle and desire for peace and unity. Time-based installations made for this thesis are built by using invisible ink, blacklight LEDs, acrylics, and computing technologies and are the result of two- and half-year experimentation with an unconventional technique to create animations. In these installations, the movement of drawings painted by invisible ink on transparent acrylics becomes visible under flashes of blacklight LEDs as animations. Through these exploratory works I seek to find and establish new links of communications in ways that connect to individuals, including myself, that can create relief and offer new promises of hope in non-traditional ways.