METamphorae: from emotion to metaphor from sentiment to symbol

Abstract

MetAmphorae chronicles the evolution of MetAmphorae, and Personae, the two installations inspired by the war on Gaza (2008-2009), which served as my thesis show(s), along with an earlier installation which was a precursor to both. I will present the research I conducted to arrive at the appropriate forms for these installations, and the history of my intuitions in conceiving and making them. Inspired by emotionally impacting political circumstances, the art projects discussed in this thesis investigate my attempt to harness emotion into metaphor, and to reshape personal sentiment into universal symbol.