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| dc.contributor.advisor | Cahill, Susan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sun, Xiaoyu | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Gadbois, Denis | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Hogan, Mél | |
| dc.date | 2018-11 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-18T20:33:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-09-18T20:33:03Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09-14 | |
| dc.description.abstract | 404 NOT FOUND addresses an arts-based studio practice exploring how data and technology quantify and surveil the self. Specifically, in this paper, I outline my creative research practice and my interest in using my own body as a subject to create artworks that explore the expansive reach, as well as the limitations, of surveillance. This thesis support paper follows a chronological trajectory that traces my art practice throughout the two years of my MFA programme. My creative research started from using animation entitled Black Quantified-self, as a vehicle to engage with the concept of the “quantified-self.” I created a series of hand-drawn animations to discuss the pros and cons of “quantified-self.” Then, I connected “quantified-self” with big data, and created an installation called Seeing Yourself through Technology with my photos and self-portraits. In addition, I expanded the topic into large notions of surveillance, and created two videos, The Blue Pill and We Are Walled. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Sun, X. (2018). 404 NOT FOUND (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32935 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32935 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1880/107759 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Arts | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Graduate Studies | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Calgary | en |
| dc.publisher.place | Calgary | en |
| dc.rights | University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. | |
| dc.subject.classification | Fine Arts | en_US |
| dc.title | 404 NOT FOUND | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Art | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Calgary | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Fine Arts (MFA) | |
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