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Accumulated Response: Author: Bentz, Heather Heise; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Fine Arts; Abstract: My paintings are abstractions of the repeated patterns, shapes and structure I see and experience every day. My inspiration comes in many forms: found objects dropped or discarded by others, plowed and planted acres of soil, fence posts along edges of fields, blasts of train whistles and the silent spaces between them. All share similarities of repetition-the positive/negative relationship of reoccurrences with a cadence of structure and order but which never can be fully captured or contained....; Download File | View full details

A community in the desert: Author: Winchester, Sean Brady; Date: 2008-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Changing paradigms in society's general understanding of reality have revealed general deficiencies in contemporary architecture, the primary evidence of the unique human relationship with reality. This thesis seeks to understand the nature of perceived architectural poverty and works toward a general approach for a more human, more timely, more appropriate architecture in synch with new, lost, ignored and rejected ideas. Architecture is qualified not as merely buildings, but as a system of relationships between objective and uniquely human subjective aspects of reality. Architecture is furth...; Download File | View full details

Healing Environments: elements of retreat: Author: Zetterquist, Adam Gregory; Date: 2009-05-15; Program: Architecture; Abstract: Multiple sclerosis (or MS) is a chronic, often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system (CNS), which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. Symptoms may be mild, such as numbness in the limbs, or severe, such as paralysis or loss of vision. The progress, severity, and specific symptoms of MS are unpredictable and vary from one person to another. Today, new treatments and advances in research are giving new hope to people affected by the disease. MS is a highly misunderstood disease and due to that it is very difficult to cope with this disease. In the field of...; Download File | View full details

The split-screen aesthetic: connecting meaning between fragmented frames: Author: Ingrassia, Peter Matthew; Date: 2009-08-15; Program: Science and Natural History Filmmaking; Abstract: The split-screen is a multi-frame technique used in film, television and video. Recent advances in digital technology make it easier to incorporate the fragmented frame into visual narrative strategies. I argue that properties inherent to the split-screen technique (including simultaneity, symmetry, visual irony, omniscient view and visual style) also emerge as attributes of a split-screen aesthetic. The split-screen aesthetic transforms a technical contrivance that has long provided an alternative to parallel editing, into a powerful narrative tool that facilitates the construction of visual ...; Download File | View full details