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Date
2015
Authors
Oslovar, Andrew
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Publisher
University of Oregon
Abstract
This document is the continuation of a process of making. It is not a description of that
process, but exists actively within it. My current and continuing practice involves an investigation and exploration of
multiplicity and iterations of thingamabobs1. This process involves at its core, the intuitive
and athletic construction of things from plastic material. Plastic operates both as a
material as well as a method in which I make. It is a material whose life span matches its
infinite mobility as a raw material. From found plastics, these things are created through
a rapid unedited process forming a massive accumulation of colorful wall mounted
trophies. Creating humorous idioms and contradictions between materials with varying
degrees of cultural context; raw colored plastic is combined with manufactured toys, food
storage containers, office supplies and sports memorabilia. Through this collaging of
both constructed and found objects, I am able to create a language of visual puns,
idioms that do not translate to any language. These things then proceed through a
process of continued exaltation and normalization by the creation of multiple iterations of
the same things. The things themselves, images, image-objects, catalogues, signed
purchase agreements, written documents, and three dimensional scanning become
evidence of process.
Description
17 page thesis, 20 page image catalog