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Reconstructing a film in fragments : Xasuqii means massacre
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The thesis discusses techniques for reconstructing a film about mass graves in Northern Somalia (Somaliland), the search for unanswerable questions, and navigating the trauma involved in the cinematic process. In 2019, ...
The aesthetics of decentralization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis explores ways in which decentralized network technologies are used to experiment with and design new modes of socio-technical organization. Drawing on an understanding of aesthetics as a "distribution of the ...
Wokiksuye : the politics of memory in Indigenous art, monuments, and public space
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The powers of creativity and symbolism that art draws upon have been used in the public realm to uplift and also to oppress. Within this context, art, from Indigenous perspectives, can positively influence the collective ...
Sensation vs. perception : a study and analysis of two methods affecting cognition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
In this thesis I discuss methods of projects that create cognitive effects that can be categorized into two situations: through sensation (outside stimulations/objective/bottom-up processing in neuroscience) or through ...
Augmentation as art intervention : the new means of art intervention through mixed reality
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis explores an emerging art form--mixed reality art the new opportunities, changes, and challenges it brings to art intervention. Currently mixed reality art is in its early stage of development, and there is ...