should one react against the laziness of railway tracks between the passage of two trains
| dc.contributor.author | McMurrich, Donald | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-05-21T13:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-05-21T13:58:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-05-21 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | should one react against the laziness of railway tracks between the passage of two trains investigates the everyday as experienced in the post-industrial landscape. Through the activities of walking and mapping, fieldwork is conducted during treks that follow the route of the railroad in the Kitchener-Waterloo region. I examine detritus as post-readymade artifacts of the industrial economy that has abandoned the area. Interventions of minimal gestures engage the inherent narratives of these discarded materials. Improvised assembled sculptures mark my route as a form of wayfinding that re-appropriates the neglected urban space of the railroad right of way. Online maps document these treks as open works of art to be completed by participants as self-guided walks. The activity of walking and assembling sculptures in these marginal landscapes is a playful strategy that resists the alienation of immaterial labour in our contemporary economic context. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8461 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.pending | false | |
| dc.publisher | University of Waterloo | en |
| dc.subject | found object. assemblage. sculpture. walking. cognitive mapping. the everyday. immaterial labour. play. Conceptual art. Neo-conceptualism. | en |
| dc.subject.program | Studio Art | en |
| dc.title | should one react against the laziness of railway tracks between the passage of two trains | en |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | en |
| uws-etd.degree | Master of Fine Arts | en |
| uws-etd.degree.department | Fine Arts | en |
| uws.peerReviewStatus | Unreviewed | en |
| uws.scholarLevel | Graduate | en |
| uws.typeOfResource | Text | en |