The SAIC Thesis Repository is a digital archive of recent, print theses produced by the students of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Beginning in November 2013, new theses are digitized as they are received by the library. Works in this repository can be read online from any location on the SAIC campus. Theses cannot be printed or copied from this repository, nor can texts be read off campus. (Only descriptive information and abstracts are available for browsing by outside visitors.) Archival paper copies of theses are kept in the SAIC/AIC libraries.
Ronald Reagan's inability to distinguish actuality from fiction is reflective of a global phenomenon of media politics. This is alternative facts and sensationalized news. The work addresses how... Read more
I analyze three major 20th and 21st century border walls and explore both anonymous graffiti and works by known artists who have left their mark on these structures. Both registers of engagement revea... Read more
In an attempt to situate contemporary American art and culture in relation to society, this thesis proposes that the emergence of identity politics led to the disintegration of a concept of a dominant... Read more
Degree
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Art History, Theory, and Criticism
Applause is a distinctive, striking gesture. How humans came to apply it as practice and display is mostly unknown. Left only with the knowledge that it is a very old custom, clapping has been a curio... Read more
Framed by materialist, poststructuralist, and cyborg theory, along with more recent work in object-oriented philosophy, this thesis posits alternative, anti-hierarchical configurations of human subjec... Read more
The Art of Censorship In Singapore scrutinizes the political and sociological roles of art in Singapore throughout the past fifty years. This thesis lays out the regimental structures in place that en... Read more
Degree
Consecutive Degree: BFA & BA in Visual & Critical Studies
The recovery from the 1997 Asian Financial crisis has seen the steady rise of economic clout in Asia, with the rapid increase in standard of living engendering a multidimensional investment in the art... Read more
The U.S.-Mexico border is a platform for art activism by Border Artists whose goal is to create a society that views hybridity of culture, race, and practice as a positive trait rather than a threat.... Read more
Degree
Bachelor of Fine Arts with an Emphasis in Art History, Theory, and Criticism
This thesis examines a selection of images produced during and concerning what is thought of as the past nine-year period of crisis, both financial and humanitarian, in the Mediterranean. Made by film... Read more
The present essay intends to elucidate the categorical development of the notion of realism as it is expressed through a specific phenomenon, the novel. I consider the novel in its historic-philosophi... Read more
