A Brief History... is in part the residue of my search for understanding as to why things are the way they are. The research involved drawing on a wide variety of materials from many sources: sanctioned histories, unsanctioned histories, ethnographies, cultural studies; cultural criticism; mythologies; religious beliefs and practices; the behavioral sciences; philosophy; feminist, social, and art theory; the perceptions and experiences of individuals; broadcast and print media; and numerous visual archives. The work is about perceptions, belief systems, and the structuring of reality.
This written thesis discusses the making of the work from learning the technology—interactive multimedia—to translating the research into the final product including analysies of conceptual and visual elements, as well as audience interaction with the thesis installation exhibition.