Thesis
Études(s): Modern Artifacts
Abstract
Étude(s): Modern Artifacts centers on personal history, encounters, and philosophical inquiry, incorporating reflections on music education,
language acquisition, pedagogy, philosophy, and contemporary art, generating abundant memories that become transmissible intergenerational knowledge.
The research challenges conceptual knowledge that conforms to societal norms, and proposes étude as a set of disciplines that exists for the artist to create without constraint of technique.
The primary question, How can we invent continuously within constraints?, introduces dichotomies between inventions and mindless repetitions, understanding and acceptance, and original and replica,
which reveal opportunities for new discoveries at any given time and place, independent from social stratification. The concern emerging within, Étude(s): Modern Artifacts, extends to the reader,
how to encompass the quality of inventing, and the importance and necessity of discovering and re-discovering, in regards to the unique constraints imposed on individuals.
Étude(s): Modern Artifacts positions étude as a plural and adaptable framework, one that enables individuals to preserve and maintain authorship over unique thinking and making.
The work advocates for a return to intentional practice as an ethical and artistic responsibility, emphasizing invention as both a personal necessity and a cultural inheritance.