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School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
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P1 OPINNÄYTTEET D 2019 Ágústsson
Date
2019
Major/Subject
Mcode
Degree programme
Visual Culture and Contemporary Art
ViCCA
Language
en
Pages
131
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Abstract
“You” is a collection of short essays and inserts where I reflect on the time we’re living in. The topics vary from physics to culture whilst the narrative is personal. My thesis is done and presented in the style of quantum writing where I spontaneously explore subjects and direct the reader into my thought process. I want to connect with you, have an experience through this thesis and I wish to see if I make sense to anybody. I want to be brave and just put it out there. To see if there’s a pattern. Does that make sense to you? Can I capture our zeitgeist? “You” has been in the making since 2017, I mostly write on my smartphone, the research is not purely academic and the methodology follows my lifestyle. I meet people, I go to places and I share. My attention span, lack of commitment and energy has been my limitation during this process. I have found scattered glimpses of how we think, behave and feel. I like it. Simplification of our daily lives, so I get it. I get you through our shared contexts. My discoveries are personal, if only I could tell you everything and vice versa, the knowledge. “You” starts with “About me” and ends with “Let’s do something together”. I connect with people. I love people. I have spent most of my time with people during the last couple of years. I see that people are inspired, exhausted, confused and rebellious. I have met so many new yous where the embodiment of our time shines through. I believe in people. Looking at people, I learn from you. I learn what I want and what I don’t want and what is possible. My claim is to mirror that. I have solutions; love, work and nature. We can predict together an outcome that tomorrow is possible with heart and spirit. Inference; I suppose between me and you that we have superposed a form of greater amplitude. “You” is the spectacle.
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Euro, Pia
Thesis advisor
Euro, Pia
Keywords
you, people, contemporary, art, zeitgeist, phenomenon, mystic, politics
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