Undressing on Dress/On Dressing Undress

The Intermedia Art, Writing, and Performance PhD program (a practice-based-research PhD program) encourages students to pursue alternative formats for their dissertation work. While pursuing my PhD, I have been making books and zines to accompany my projects, and so I decided to present my dissertation as a series of handmade books and zines. The writing and projects represented in these books only covers a fraction of the work I have done during my PhD, but the texts get at the deeper crux of my research–why I am interested in the body, and why I am interested in clothing–as well as presenting select projects. The pieces presented in my dissertation show the evolution of my practice, from making strictly electronic textile works to diving into the deeper questions driving my research, to different research projects (Cloth as Witness and The Research Lab of Ambiguous Futurology).