This thesis documents the survival modes formed under Contemporary capitalismRefers to the capitalism I experience living in New York today., creative forms that emerge not by choice, but as a result of being pushed to the edges of a system that leaves little room to breathe.
In a world where information movestoo quickly, technology keeps feeding us more knowledge than we can hold, and capitalism demands constant digestion. Every answer understood one moment can be overturned the next. Thoughts are interrupted by new inputs, leaving us endlessly piecing together fragmentsInformation we haven’t fully processed yet. while trying to survive inside a field of confusion and unease.
As human beings, we try to slow down, to grow quietly, to return to ourselves. But the system erodes us bit by bit, until what remains is a minimized, sometimes nearly zero, version of staying true to ourselves.
The fragments, breaks, interruptions, hiding, and withdrawal that I leave behind are survival strategies forced into existence by this time. creationEverything we produce as human beings, especially as individuals in the art field. is no longer growth; it is the residue / leftoverNew products formed by recombining information that hasn’t been fully digested. waste after staying alive inside a structure that does not allow freeUnrestricted, unbound. breathing. These materials are not uplifting, yet they offer a real form of reliefA quiet state, neither happy nor sad., a way to keep from being swallowed whole.
THESIS QUESTION
- When capitalism continues to seize a person’s freedomActing according to one’s own will, including both visible and invisible aspects., time, and mental spaceA small room in society where we can do what we like and preserve some freedom., what does creation become?
- In a time when free thought is compressed, and feeling is constantly interrupted, how can I leave evidence with only the small amount of time and nervous-system space I still have?
- How does contemporary capitalism shape, pressure, and ultimately alter the creative needs and methods of an individual?
- If creation is no longer growth but residue, how can these leftovers become a way for a person to maintain their existence within the system?