Subject Area
Art
Abstract
An early and pervasive paranormal experience cements my interest in the invisible link between predator, prey, and bait. My sculptural installations and drawings create spaces to evade, lure, misdirect, and trap my elusive phantom. I divide my research into three sections; The Stadium, The Players, and The Game. The Stadium is a separate world, one that holds different laws and physics. Here, I explore the correlation between Slapstick Comedy and Horror genres and their ability to bend reality in order to create a story arch. The Players references tropes played out within these genres, Ophelia and the Final Girl, and their positioning within cat and mouse scenarios. The Game explores Sarah Winchester’s lifetime project of building her mansion where it is said she built staircases that lead to nowhere, windows into other rooms, and doors not meant to open to flee from the spirits who haunted her. Through this thread of seemingly unrelated material, I make links between my work and cat and mouse.
Degree Date
Spring 5-5-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.F.A.
Department
Division of Art
Advisor
Melanie Clemmons
Second Advisor
Tamara Johnson
Number of Pages
30
Format
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
Flook, Leah, "Cat & Mouse" (2020). Art Theses and Dissertations. 12.
https://scholar.smu.edu/art_etds/12
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