Detail View: Art and Art History Student Work:
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Image File Name:
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vrc_20160907_005
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Image Record ID:
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aahi0015494
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Work Title (display):
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Hormesis
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Image Title:
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inside room, viewing projection head on
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Work Description:
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Artist statement: Hormesis is the hypothesis that low doses of radiation are healthy. This is a controversial theory, because some scientists think that even small amounts of radiation cause serious genetic harm. Nuclear radiation is understandably terrifying. The world was traumatized by the atomic bombs dropped by the US in WWII and their global proliferation during the Cold War. / This installation exposes you to gamma radiation emitted from uranium ore. The radioactive decay creates condensation trails in an alcohol cloud similar to what airplanes leave behind in the atmosphere. While the particle detector gives you the opportunity to observe the subatomic world with your own eyes, a video projection shows you the beauty that I find within radioactive decay. Hormesis balances the objective with the subjective, and the terrifying with the beautiful.
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Work Dates (display):
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2016
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Work Dates type:
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creation
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Work Creator (display):
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Megan Gafford (American, born 1988)
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Work Creator gender:
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female
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Work Creator notes (display):
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Written thesis: https://aahvrc.colorado.edu/luna/servlet/s/7hkm6f
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Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
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MFA 2016, Art and Art History
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Work Creator memberOf:
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Painting and Drawing student, Art and Art History, CU Boulder
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Work Subject:
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sublime
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Work Subject:
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Hormesis
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Work Subject:
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radiation (energy)
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Work Subject:
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technology
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Work Worktype:
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installations (visual works)
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Work Worktype:
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sculpture (visual works)
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Work Worktype:
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video art
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Work Category (VRC classification):
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video
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Work Material and Technique (display):
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particle detector, video projection
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Work Measurements (display):
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running time: 00:20:00
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Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
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University of Colorado, Boulder. Art Museum
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Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
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exhibition
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Work Location (Geographic) name:
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Boulder, Colorado
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Image Source Reproduction refid:
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batch_20160907_01
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Image Rights (display):
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© Megan Gafford
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Work Rights (display):
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© Megan Gafford
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Holding Institution:
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University of Colorado Boulder
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Collection:
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Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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Collection info and contact:
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For information about this collection, see
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