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- ItemEncouraging live theatre attendance: innovating with the application of emerging technologies to attract contemporary audiences(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Drama, 2024) Zaredehabadi, Mahsa; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts; Wasilewski, JuliaA Seussified Christmas Carol was presented in Fall 2023 at the University of Lethbridge's theatre, directed by Ryan Reese. I designed this project, taking on the responsibilities of set design and the design and animation of the projection images. The goal was to incorporate emerging technologies into live theatre to innovate and enhance the audience experience, to reach a wider audience. This production utilized Deepfake technology, a holographic projector, and projection screens to feature virtual images of deceased and living famous actors who interacted.
- ItemFeelGrove: a concept for a discursive smartphone application for the visualization of affective states positioned against the neoliberal paradigm(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of New Media, 2024) Sijacic, Lidija; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts; Clark, ChristineFeelGrove is a concept for a discursive smartphone application with game elements that acts as a response to the neoliberal framework and the values it propagates, such as competition, self-tracking and self-optimization. The app constitutes a tool meant to enable its users to visualize their emotions through the creation and keeping of digital fantastical plants which act as emotional representations. Aside from the concept for the app, the project includes interface design and accompanying artwork, including four distinct 3D plants depicting different emotional categories and 3D representations of physical settings related to these particular emotions. Additionally, this paper examines the roles that information technology, design and play assume in propagating neoliberal values.
- ItemCreating more diversity in Canadian theatre: from the actor's perspective(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Drama, 2024) Roberts, Andrea Lilli; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts; Scott, ShelleyActors in Southern Alberta, particularly in Lethbridge and Calgary, currently want more diversity and inclusion in theatre. There is an absence of research that supports the actor's perspective with respects to diversity and inclusion in theatre in Southern Alberta. This thesis explores issues of the lack of representation, opportunities, and tokenistic casting practices that ultimately affect actors in Canadian theatre, and more specifically, Southern Alberta. This thesis contains a comprehensive literature review of Canadian theatre, interviews with four racially diverse, professional actors who live and work in Southern Alberta, and a detailed case study of a ground-breaking, Indigenous-led theatre production at the University of Lethbridge, 'Yisstsiiyi.' 'Yisstsiiyi' was a devised creation, staged in the University of Lethbridge's main theatre, in the fall of 2023. The collaboration between Calgary's Indigenous theatre company, Making Treaty Seven, and the University of Lethbridge's Faculty of Fine Arts (Department of Drama), researched in this thesis, demonstrates that measures towards a more equitable, inclusive, and diverse theatre landscape in Canadian theatre is achievable, but there is still a lot of progress to be made, in order to de-colonize antiquated theatre practices.
- ItemNo yeah no I know: combining photographic images and words(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Art, 2024) Power, Lorne A.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts; Miller, DavidThis support paper expands on ideas, research, and observations that have driven my MFA Thesis Project, No Yeah No I Know. The project consists of three book publications which deal in various ways with the relationship between photographic images and words. It is the culmination of work I began in the Fall of 2020, when I arrived at the University of Lethbridge. The first book, No Yeah No I Know, combines hashtag-anaglyph titles and photographic images. The second book, What was said on the river, is a series of cyanotypes based on a poem I wrote of the same title. The third book is a series of magazine cover-like images that explores the graphic design of photos and single words, called Color Commentary. The essay is organized into two chapters: the first chapter addresses the theory I sought to understand regarding image-word relations. The second chapter concerns my methodology, the techniques, processes I use to construct my artwork, and includes reflections about artists who have been influential to me.
- ItemA cup of tea in infinite futures: a positive look at speculative fates(Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Art, 2024) Kelly, Isabel; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts; Martin, Annie“A Cup of Tea in Infinite Futures: A Positive Look at Speculative Fates,” explores the sentimental aspects of speculation for the future. Research pertaining to this thesis has included examining the connection between the concept of speculation, its use in the speculative fiction genre over the past twenty years (in literature, film, art, and social media), and its shifts in culture. Furthermore, I will share observations about how these fictions have affected everyday / slice-of-life speculation during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this background in mind, how have these cultural speculations on an individual and collective level altered personal imaginings of life to come? The culmination of my own speculations about the future will provide the content for a series of vignette/diorama scenes. These scenes will present possible outcomes that I’ve imagined for myself as kinetic sculptures.