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Art/Science and a Blended Inquiry

Garubba, Keith
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405436323

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2014, Master of Fine Arts, Ohio State University, Art.
There are blurred boundaries between many ideas that are often considered dichotomous. The relationship between concepts such as myth and rationality, the sacred and profane, and art and science reveals itself to be an interdependence. They share a condition of relativity in which definitions overlap at times and oppose at times, twisting into a strained union. The artworks described in this thesis are staged as the experiments of the fictitious Dr. Armbruster, using his pseudo-scientific study of varieties of “drips” to explore themes of the art-science relationship. These works of print, paint, and sculptural installation pit the empirical against the mythical and artistic. I intend to illuminate the screens, the permeable but divisive boundaries between such dualities. I will examine figures such as Ernst Haeckel, a prominent 19th Century zoologist whose scientific credibility has been compromised by his aesthetic impositions and philosophical, spiritual, and social beliefs. I will balance this discussion with a look at artists, such as Mel Bochner, whose indulgence in scientific media, themes, or methodologies bring commentary to the modalities of art and science. The devices that I use in my practice to develop my work will be described, as will the emergent concepts and goals. A visual dissection of my own work will provide insight into my intent, and offer implications to the discussion of the dichotomies listed above. These implications will be related to contemporary discussions in art/science.
Richard Harned (Advisor)
Amy Youngs (Committee Member)
Aspen Mays (Committee Member)
74 p.
Fine Arts
art; science; art-science; myth; ritual; printmaking; print making; screen; the sacred; drips; Dr Armbruster; laboratory; sculpture; installation; drawing; performance art; interactive art; Ernst Haeckel; fiction; Mel Bochner; belief; believe; technology

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  • Garubba, K. (2014). Art/Science and a Blended Inquiry [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405436323

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Garubba, Keith. Art/Science and a Blended Inquiry. 2014. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405436323.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Garubba, Keith. "Art/Science and a Blended Inquiry." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1405436323

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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