Thesis
Études(s): Modern Artifacts
Abstract
Étude(s): Modern Artifacts reflects on personal history, philosophical inquiry, music education, language acquisition, pedagogy, philosophy, and contemporary art; memories that transform into transmissible intergenerational knowledge. The research 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 independent from time, place, and social stratification. The concern emerging within Étude(s): Modern Artifacts, extends to the reader - how to encompass the quality of inventing, and the importance 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.