Excitations
| dc.contributor.author | Milner, Stephen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-27T00:40:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-27T00:40:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description | 23 pages | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | My thesis work revolves around the tension between frustration and desire, through trying to connect the seemingly disparate activities of surfing and gay men cruising for sex. I am interested in the latent eroticism of the hyper-masculine surf culture. One of the most compelling aspects of surfing is the formation of inclusive, spiritually-aware, temporary communities. Surfing and anonymous gay sex are similar in that they are performed in the conditions of the pursuit of chance and vertigo with psychological undertones of fear, desire and bodily thrills. This space of confusion is where I like to place my art practice. Sculpture, video, installation and photography are the vehicles I use to merge subjective speculation with my investigations into the history of gay identity and to force a dialogue between surfing communities and gay culture. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/23307 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Oregon | en_US |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.title | Excitations | en_US |
| dc.type | Terminal Project | en_US |