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Owens, Rachel
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Spring 2025
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2025
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9283_Manuela_Mares.pdf
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This thesis is rooted in the exploration of traces - those marks left by time, actions, and the body - and the transformation of mundane moments and materials such as stones, clay, and concrete into vessels for deeper reflection and uncovering. It delves into my artistic process at the intersection of my adjacent anthropology thesis, which contemplates affects as life-generating, sensorial modes of relationality and intensities of existing in the world, alongside a material investigation through my sculptural practice. These writings and practices culminated in a solo exhibition titled "Tender Traces,"� incorporating performance, video, ceramics, a sound piece, and multiple site-specific interventions. This paper aims to trace my inspirations and references, discuss processes and materials, and articulate the thematic and theoretical motivations behind my works - giving context to each sculpture in the installation and highlighting the ways we navigate and interact with the places around us.
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