COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Intersecting the Parallels
Creator:
Hiranprueck, Pimprae
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Photography
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Photography
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
I am a child of two worlds. Reality anchors me in one world; technology anchors me in
the other. By using technology such as the Internet, social networking and image
sharing, I am able to maintain a connection with my friends and family back in Thailand.
In the photographic series Intersecting the Parallels, I project and interact with images
created by my family and friends and shared via social networking sites. Through these
composited interactions I address issues of family, memory, distance and surrogacy.
Through an examination of Homi Bhahbaʼs interpretation of cultural “in-between” space
and Christian Metzʼs discussion of the photograph as Freudian fetish or substitute, I
examine the nature of physical and emotional displacement in contemporary culture.
the other. By using technology such as the Internet, social networking and image
sharing, I am able to maintain a connection with my friends and family back in Thailand.
In the photographic series Intersecting the Parallels, I project and interact with images
created by my family and friends and shared via social networking sites. Through these
composited interactions I address issues of family, memory, distance and surrogacy.
Through an examination of Homi Bhahbaʼs interpretation of cultural “in-between” space
and Christian Metzʼs discussion of the photograph as Freudian fetish or substitute, I
examine the nature of physical and emotional displacement in contemporary culture.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2013-03
Format:
PDF : 16 p. : ill; JPG
