Sangam: A Confluence of Knowledge Streams

Navigating in the synthetic void: a hardboiled investigation

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dc.contributor Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Rollin Beamish
dc.creator Pomarico, Thomas John
dc.date 2022-11-09T22:41:01Z
dc.date 2022-11-09T22:41:01Z
dc.date 2022
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-21T09:26:31Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-21T09:26:31Z
dc.identifier https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/16951
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/252268
dc.description Society is in the midst of a rapid and drastic shift of ontological perception. Technological advancements in connectivity have altered the rhythm and scale of life due to media saturation, social media, and surveillance. The success of these viral technologies has many obvious benefits; however, they also harbor malicious tendencies when left unchecked. Prescience visions of dystopia by authors George Orwell, Aldous Huxley and David Foster Wallace, once seemingly outlandish, have now become apparent. Shosana Zuboff's 'The Age of Surveillance Capitalism' published in 2018 would have read as science fiction 25 years ago. As a temporary panacea to the pace of technological engagement, I offer the creative process as a way to alter duration. Using 1940s and 1950s film noir as a metaphor for the environment and challenges of the modern artist. Through this examination a code of conduct emerges to navigate the disruptive pitfalls of media addiction. Construction of the art object involves a multistep conceptual and physical practice guiding behavior away from excessive technological encroachment. My research paper aims to elucidate this process and its potential benefits to an outside observer.
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dc.language en
dc.publisher Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Arts & Architecture
dc.rights Copyright 2022 by Thomas John Pomarico
dc.subject Painting
dc.subject Crime films
dc.subject Postmodernism
dc.subject Technology
dc.subject Communication
dc.title Navigating in the synthetic void: a hardboiled investigation
dc.type Thesis


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