Browsing by Author "Eis, Andrea"

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    Encountering the Rare Book
    (Oakland University, 2018-09-06) Eis, Andrea; Spunaugle, Emily; Daniel, Dominique; Greer, Katie; Roth, Brad; Barry, Meaghan; Walwema, Josephine; Hartsock, Katie; Payette, Jessica; Navin, Mark; Barlow, Gania; Spagnuolo, Anna; Campoy-Cubillo, Adolfo; Hahn, Stacey; Miller, Karen; Rigstad, Mark; Cassano, Graham; Peiser, Meghan; Reger, Jo; Lewis, Mary; Donahue, Timothy; Palmer-Mehta, Valerie
    Excerpt from essay by Andrea Eis: The palpability of book form, as a corporeal container for human thought, is distinctive from the reading of a book. The encounter with a book’s content happens in a reader’s mind; with a tangible book, that encounter is physical as well—it becomes matter for the senses. To hold a book that was printed in 1605, to touch a page that may not have been touched in hundreds of years, is a visceral experience that cannot be replicated in the digital realm.
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    An Entanglement: Ancient Texts, Old Marginalia, and Contemporary Art
    (Oakland University, 2012-10-01) Eis, Andrea; Cole, Natalie B.
    This essay pivots around the practice of marginalia—notes written in the margins of books and other texts—and also navigates through the practice of my art, with its combination of research, chance occurrence and aesthetic experimentation. It is also a bit of a story, an exploration of how intellectual curiosity and visual fascinations can lead a person onto a new path that has no known destination. Though the practice of art usually produces end products in physical form, art is a process, not a goal, an exploration of ambiguity, not a determination of fact, an opening up of new possibilities, not a pinning down of definitive knowledge.
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    Multiplicity, Connection and Divergence: African Art from the John F. Korachis Collection
    (Oakland University, 2011-09-10) Eis, Andrea; Lashbrook, Debra; Goody, Dick; Korachis, John F.; Dulio, David; Barclay, Lizabeth A.; Goldberg, Andrew F.X.; Benson, Linda; Reger, Jo; Jhashi, Tamara; Cardiff, Gladys; Rosenthall, Sam; Palmer-Mehta, Valerie; Wren, Patricia A.; Schneeweis, Adina; Bee, Mary; Oakley, Barbara; Evans, Susan; Gilson, Annette; VanderKaay, Cody; Gallien, Louis B., Jr.; Kitchens, Marshall; Guessous, Laila; Corso, John; Pfeiffer, Kathleen; Chapman, Jeffrey S.; Gibbs, Christina; Miller, Karen; Hay, Kellie; Shackelford, Todd K.
    Excerpt from the collector's statement: This exhibition and catalogue provide a rare opportunity to view and possibly come to understand the enlightening, creative, complex and culturally sophisticated characteristics of African art. Perhaps it may even answer the most commonly asked question as to why I have been motivated to collect this art form. The collection includes a variety of masks, numerous styles of sculptural figures, furnishings and forms of pottery.
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    Oakland University Biennial Faculty Exhibition, 2010-11
    (Oakland University, 2010-10-22) Eis, Andrea; Goody, Dick; Lashbrook, Debra
    Excerpt from introduction by Andrea Eis: The art faculty at Oakland University are exceptionally diverse. Our artworks span a wide range of formal and conceptual interests varying in visual style, physical media, and theoretical practice. This richness of approach is one of our strengths, as a teaching faculty composed of working artists. Our students gain from the multiple perspectives we bring to the studio environment and to aesthetic critique.
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    Signing With A Sword: Signature Sign Patterns of Semiotics as Connotative Constructs Applied to Chinese Martial Arts Cinema
    (2015-02-23) Schneider, Lisa; Eis, Andrea
    This thesis proposes a new semiotic approach to analyzing films based on their sign patterns, or “signatures”, which attributes the sign pattern to a key influence in the production of the film. By using these signatures to identify the key influence in the film’s production, signature sign patterns can be found and applied in conjunction with previous semiotic approaches to create a holistic semiotic approach. Through historical analysis and film form signifiers, this new technique is used to identify and interpret the four major signatures in Chinese martial arts films: the Shaw Brothers, Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and the New Wave.