A Planet in Our Solar System
Date of Award
2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Freedland, Barry
Keywords
Art, Photography, Science Fiction
Area of Concentration
Art
Abstract
This body of work was made over the course of two or three years around my home in Chicago. Originally my project began as a formal photographic exercise as I explored my environment with several late nineteenth and early twentieth century painters and photographers in mind. I was specifically interested in ideas concerning the representation of three dimensions on a two-dimensional canvas or piece of paper. As I continued making images, I became more interested in the photograph's potential to alter the world that it depicts and even to create an entirely new kind of world while at the same time maintaining a superficial but convincing semblance of reality or truth. I actively engaged in the creation of a new world, specifically one that I quickly came to think of as science fictional, and sought to provide the viewer with the opportunity to look at his or her own planet as an outsider. What follows is not a comprehensive explanation of my work, but rather a few of the many thoughts I had while creating and considering that work.
Recommended Citation
Dillon, John, "A Planet in Our Solar System" (2009). Theses & ETDs. 4085.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/4085
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