Date of Award
6-2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art
Department
Art
First Reader/Committee Chair
Gray, Kathy
Abstract
Other Nature
Other nature is a long term, ongoing documentary project that explores the relationship between humans and the natural environment of the Mojave Desert. Predicated on the reduction of the Joshua Tree woodlands that surround my home of Hesperia, Other Nature examines and questions the practices used in the creation of the built environments that are replacing the Mojave’s endemic terrain.
Through various techniques, I document and record the systematic removal of the Mojave’s natural presence. Photography, eco-printing and paper making all offer a cathartic approach to witnessing the loss of these natural spaces. Included in my work is an aspect of gathering and reclaiming removed plant material to commemorate the beauty of and offer a voice to a habitat that is being forever changed.
Fred Brashear Jr.
Recommended Citation
Brashear Jr, Frederick, "Other Nature" (2019). Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations. 912.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/912