Memory Beast

Memory Beast

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Description

Memory Beast was a series of experiments in multispecies collaborative storytelling. A new tool was created, a memory beast, a holotype representing our ideas of specific species, based on memories and drawings collected in participatory research. The fabricated memory beasts, placed next to their biological counterparts, made visible the conflation of living species with personal memory and cultural imagery. Using this new tool, implanted with sonic recordings of cows, the beginnings of an interspecies pidgin language was developed. Memory Beast imagined and enacted new pathways to finite flourishing on a wounded earth, planting story seeds for alternative realities.

Physical Description

28 p. : col. ill.

Creation Information

Grasham, Morgan December 2020.

Context

This text is part of the collection entitled: UNT Graduate Student Works and was provided by the UNT College of Visual Arts + Design to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 78 times. More information about this text can be viewed below.

Artist

Grasham, Morgan

Chair

Eggert, Alicia Supervisory Committee Chair

Committee Members

Publisher

University of North Texas
Publisher Info: www.unt.edu

Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Rights Holder

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Grasham, Morgan

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UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

The UNT College of Visual Arts and Design fosters creative futures for its diverse student population and the region through rigorous arts-based education, arts- and client-based studio practice, scholarship, and research. One of the most comprehensive visual arts schools in the nation, the college includes many nationally and regionally ranked programs.

Degree Information

Department: Studio Art
Discipline: Sculpture
Level: Master's
Name: Master of Fine Arts
PublicationType: Problem in Lieu of a Master's Thesis
Grantor: University of North Texas

Description

Memory Beast was a series of experiments in multispecies collaborative storytelling. A new tool was created, a memory beast, a holotype representing our ideas of specific species, based on memories and drawings collected in participatory research. The fabricated memory beasts, placed next to their biological counterparts, made visible the conflation of living species
with personal memory and cultural imagery. Using this new tool, implanted with sonic recordings of cows, the beginnings of an interspecies pidgin language was developed. Memory Beast imagined and enacted new pathways to finite flourishing on a wounded earth, planting story seeds for alternative realities.

Physical Description

28 p. : col. ill.

Subjects

Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)

Keyword

studio art

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Identifier

Unique identifying numbers for this text in the Digital Library or other systems.

Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1778695

Relationships

Burning House (still), ark:/67531/metadc1778687
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778686
Cow Piece (Installation View) (Detail), ark:/67531/metadc1778689
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778684
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778685
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778683
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778688
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778693
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778691
Memory Beast (Installation View), ark:/67531/metadc1778690
Fur (Still), ark:/67531/metadc1778692

Collections

This text is part of the following collection of related materials.

UNT Graduate Student Works

This collection houses graduate student works other than theses and dissertations. All materials have been previously accepted by a professional organization or approved by a faculty mentor. The collection includes, but is not limited to projects or problems in lieu of thesis, supplemental files associated with theses and dissertations, posters, recitals, presentations, articles, reviews, book chapters, exhibitions, and artwork. Some items in this collection are restricted to use by the UNT community.

Related Items

Burning House (still) (Artwork)

Work of art (still image), by artist Morgan Grasham as part of her 2020 exhibition, entitled "Memory Beast".