Graduation Year
2026
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Art
Reader 1
Alyson Ogasian
Reader 2
Tia Blassingame
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Danielle S Desmarteau
Abstract
Character kinetics is an installation art piece that explores how writing asemically (without language) can ease the body and mind into the present moment, allowing one to focus on the material and movement of mark-making. Throughout the semester, I held workshops where participants were invited to scribble it out, to express their thoughts and surroundings without needing to make sense in the context of language. The resulting pieces were transformed into sculptural paper forms suspended in air, creating an interactive three-dimensional space inviting viewers to analyze the infinite possibility of interpretation within asemic symbolism.
Link to Image Gallery
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1U6x777dk2uxWOJCIheXPgS5kkRIgP1VP?usp=sharing
Recommended Citation
Desmarteau, Danielle S., "Character kinetics: An Interactive, Immersive Installation on the Mindfulness of Asemic Writing" (2026). Scripps Senior Theses. 2812.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/2812
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Comments
Thank you to the following workshop participants: Paige Hazen, Mina Jung, Eileen Kang, Sydney Godwin, Helen Ball, Sofia Brown, Meghna, Ruby Salvatore-Palmer, Bri Nourie, Luke Nurlan Gnadinger, Stella Seid, Joel Daniels, Isabel Gonzalez-Salgado, Nathan Michels