Browsing by Author "Bates, Haley, committee member"

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Hoodoo and the Law: mostly printed works
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Frondorf, Aaron William, author; Dormer, Jim, advisor; Kneller, Jane, committee member; Bates, Haley, committee member; Plastini, Johnny, committee member
This paper discusses the relationship of ideas to their media, through the relationship of contents to a book and through the use of aesthetic barriers. The conceptual content of the artworks produced center around epistemological self-betterment and practical mysticism. I discuss in this paper my thought process, the work itself, and the works intended functions. I discuss the idea of the book and my rationale behind working in printmaking.
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In repeat: scars, structures and surfaces
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2018) Miller, Carrie, author; Lundberg, Thomas, advisor; Bates, Haley, committee member; Fahey, Patrick, committee member; Kissell, Kevin, committee member
This body of work investigates the veiling and revealing of physical and emotional scars. A link is made between these kinds of scarring by observing the structured space that the body provides for the psyche. While equating the body with a container, these artworks animate the cyclical nature of re-growth and regression through a breadth of forms. In my studio practice, I explore cloth as a gendered, sexually charged space. Through their relationships to the body and their cultural associations, the textile materials in my work probe the boundaries of body and psyche, public and private, and decorative and abject. How can cloth capture subtle and metaphorical relationships in the healing and scarring process of the body and the psyche? Cloth, as the ubiquitous second skin, provides access points for the viewer. In a global society, the symbolism of cloth can often be contradictory. Throughout history, women's dress has included garments that act as veils. Simultaneously, veils embody protection, modesty, seduction and subtle combinations of all three. In many of these works, qualities of transparency are emphasized to explore what is exposed and what is hidden in the body and the psyche. This body of work is comprised of four handwoven pieces and two painted textile pieces. Omissions (Fig. 1), Old Growths (Fig. 2) Bandage (Fig. 3) and Optional Endings 1-5 (Fig. 4) are handwoven while My Body at Home (Fig. 5) and My Body at Home II (Fig. 6) are soft wall sculptures.
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Intersections
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2005) McNamara, Jennifer L., author; Lundberg, Thomas R., advisor; Voss, Gary Wayne, committee member; Hannig, Jan, committee member; Bates, Haley, committee member
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Language games
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2013) Wasielewski, Audrey Lynn, author; Faris, Suzanne, advisor; Moseman, Eleanor, committee member; Bates, Haley, committee member; McKee, Patrick, committee member
The complex nature of language has interested me as long as I can remember: how we experience it and how it affects our lives in both personal and public ways. This fascination was the spark for a thesis body of work that considers Ludwig Wittgenstein's "language game" in the context of contemporary discourse. In his publication Philosophical Investigations, he first coins the term, noting that it is "meant to bring into prominence the fact that the speaking of language is part of an activity, or of a form of life." This idea that we activate language as we speak it, is the cornerstone of my personal exploration of the written and spoken word as a medium and the foundation of this thesis body.
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Legacy: untangling the lines of inheritance
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2015) Gunderson, Kirsten Rana, author; Lundberg, Thomas, advisor; Bates, Haley, committee member; Fahey, Patrick, committee member; Marvin, William, committee member
My artwork aims to understand the nature of a legacy. From family history to material objects, to shared genes and shared obligations, I examine the intertwined threads linking people, events, and objects within my family. I seek answers to questions I have about myself and about those who have shaped me. I weave together the individual elements of my inquiry, assigning color and pattern to people, feelings, and memories. Imbued with qualities of family character and suffused with emotion, the robes are the final assembly of these components. These robes are an incarnation of my grandfather and of his complicated interactions with his family. He was a man who struggled with his own sense of identity. He had great hopes and aspirations, but anger, desire, and self-doubt often undermined his plans and relationships. By interpreting my grandfather's personal narrative into cloth, I hope to resolve his fractured legacy. These robes are not simply a tribute to my grandfather; they are my study of who he was and of what he has passed on to me. I, too, have the desire to live an extraordinary life, but there are restraints, and responsibilities to be met. The fibers and patterns in my weavings draw upon Viking textiles and the functional and spiritual needs they fulfilled. I seek to incorporate natural rhythms and forms, managing elements of chance as colors shift and watery patterns form. The robes are created to blend a sense of elements and the natural world, while creating parallels with human nature. I find inspiration in Norse cosmology and in the way humans try to answer questions about their lives, the world, and the universe. Like a weaving made of hundreds of fine yarns, a person is formed by what they inherit and learn from hundreds of people.
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Packaging human expresschön: the intersection of visual communication, art, and music
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2017) Schwartz, Tim, author; Gravdahl, John, advisor; Frazier, Jason, committee member; Bates, Haley, committee member; Sommer, Peter, committee member
The human ability to communicate and share thoughts and ideas is fascinating and is the foundation upon which our cultures and societies have been built. I examine human expression through words, art, graphic design, and music. Verbal and written languages have developed with thought and words that communicate meanings contained within their definitions. Words can combine and express straightforward ideas and abstract thought, but words cannot and do not express everything. They are limited. Paintings, images, and visual design can communicate and express in realistic and abstract ways that are outside of words, just as music can. I investigate these ideas in my work, most recently through three specific projects. In WORDS ARE BOXES, I express and explore the idea that words themselves limit thought. I also investigate the connection between art, design, and music in two works. The first, LSWRTH, proposes that the physical packaging of music can also be a freestanding, independent piece of art through the design and construction of an Ellsworth Kelly-inspired vinyl record packaging triptych. I further develop the art, design, and music connection with a project titled MODES. MODES combines compact disc (CD) packaging as art, along with the animated model for a digital application which hears notes and visually generates corresponding colors in real time. This work models the concept that the music itself is creating art as a digital extension of human-initiated creative practice. Humans express themselves in many ways. Combining methods of expression can potentially result in a powerful multisensory experience that enhances our connections to ourselves, to others, and to our world.