Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Daniel Bozkhov
Academic Program Adviser
A.K. Burns
Abstract
De Martino’s paper explores the dynamics of control in human interaction by discussing her relationship with animals. The author's life experiences serve to construct a narrative, but she lies. She becomes an unreliable narrator who aims to blur the threshold between art and real life throughout the performative gesture of appropriating identities. She steals from the ancient myth of Medusa through her stone sculptures (her offspring), in an egoistic attempt to excuse her fear and longing for motherhood.
Recommended Citation
de martino, paula, "My Head Is This Animal" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1315
