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Thesis Info
- LABS ID
- 00684
- Thesis Title
- Virtual Apparitions, Digital Ghosts: A Sculptural Manifestation of a Social Network
- Author
- Colleen Jennings
- E-mail
- colleen.jennings.graphics AT gmail.com
- 2nd Author
- 3rd Author
- Degree
- Master of Fine Arts
- Year
- 2018
- Number of Pages
- 33
- University
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Thesis Supervisor
- Jennifer Parker
- Supervisor e-mail
- parker1 AT ucsc.edu
- Other Supervisor(s)
- Elizabeth Stephens, Edward Shanken
- Language(s) of Thesis
- English
- Department / Discipline
- Digital Arts and New Media
- Copyright Ownership
- Colleen Jennings
- Languages Familiar to Author
- English, German
- URL where full thesis can be found
- www.colleenjenningsart.com/uploads/6/3/0/8/63082473/jennings_final-1.pdf
- Keywords
- bodies, body, networks, virtual, social media, sculpture, projection, presence
- Abstract: 200-500 words
- Virtual Apparitions explores the transfer of identity through networks by examining the physical manifestation of virtual bodies using platforms that support congenial, friendly, romantic, or intimate relationships over long distances. Virtual bodies, including avatars, social media profiles, or video platforms, do not relay intimacy or subtle social cues; however, as technology advances, the gaps between the corporeal and virtual continue to diminish. The work visualizes the extended social network as a physical presence through the use of video, sound, and sculpture. In the cacophony of voices, presence is indeterminable, focus is scattered, and the network pulses with artificial liveliness.