Master's Thesis

Evelynn Harra brings her experiences of synesthesia to her writing and research.

“Documentary Synesthesia; as a critical method” Sightlines VCS 2024

This essay examines art objects that perform what I term “documentary synesthesia,” the translation of personal, internal synesthetic experience into external artistic, visual, or written forms. Documentary synesthesia offers a way to communicate synesthetic qualities to non-synesthetic audiences and serves as a tool for understanding complex human perception.

California College of the Arts Master’s Publication

Thesis Director: Elizabeth Travelsight and Cindy Bello

Publications

"Museums in Evolution: Balbi’s Approach to Arts Ecosystems"

Balbi argues that museums should play an active role in enabling artists to sustain their practices, rather than serving solely as final destinations for display. Museums can support artistic production by investing in systems that provide artists with financial resources, time, space, and institutional support for artists.

Publisher: Rewind Review Respond, Volume 8, 2024
Edited by Emila Shaffer-Del Valle and Vanessa Perez Winder

Reframing Accessibility: Reflections on David Gissen’s Architecture of Disability”

Gissen emphasizes the need to move beyond accessibility studies and to make architectural decisions from the perspectives of disabled and impaired individuals. Rather than simply designing better buildings, he argues for a reinvention of the architect in pursuit of more ethical and responsive practices.

Publisher: Rewind Review Respond, Volume 8, 2024
Edited by Emila Shaffer-Del Valle and Vanessa Perez Winder

Sunny Smith: The Compass Rose

The Compass Rose highlights the deep interconnection between physical objects and familial trauma. Through a genealogical approach, the exhibition re-envisions these relationships as processes of understanding through which healing can begin.

Publisher: Rewind Review Respond, Volume 7, 2023

Edited by Glen Helfand and Emila Shaffer-Del Valle

As Line, As Language, As Thread: Ana Jotta at the Wattis

“Ana Jotta, Never the Less in correspondence with Norma Cole and Adrian Lürssen’s Poetry Reading: October 12th 2023”

Jotta, Cole, and Lürssen each use line to construct their worlds. While Lürssen and Cole employ line through words and language, Jotta uses line as a material thread within her visual work. In different ways, all three use drawing as a method to convey aspects of their perceived realities.

Publisher: Rewind Review Respond, Volume 7, 2023

Edited by Emila Shaffer-Del Valle