Date of Award
Spring 5-2-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Yve Laris Cohen
Academic Program Adviser
A.K. Burns
Abstract
In Woe be gone, Yuhan Hu explores the porous boundaries between image, memory, perception, and material through a deeply personal and reflective multimedia practice. Drawing on influences from film, literature, and game environments, Yuhan investigates how moments—fleeting or fixed—transform when mediated through photography, digital frames, and sculptural assemblage. Anchored by a series of installations and image-based works, the thesis unpacks the poetics of poor images, the failures and promises of translation, and the emotional residue of digital and physical touch. With a tactile sensitivity to materials like wood, wax, solder, and horsehair, Yuhan contemplates impermanence, miscommunication, and care, embracing the cracks, shifts, and losses as vital parts of meaning-making and artistic gesture.
Recommended Citation
hu, yuhan, "Woe be gone" (2025). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1376
Included in
Art Practice Commons, Fine Arts Commons, Visual Studies Commons
