Breaking Down Iron Walls: The Use of Applied Theatre in Romanian Schools

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Miriam Rasmussen and Professor Julia Ashworth, Theatre and Media Arts Through many studies and programs it has been discovered that a lack of self-worth is one of the main contributing factors to poor morale and work ethic in Romania. It has been found, that, for the majority of the country, poor expectations have led to poor […]

The Speakers (Voice Box)

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Chris Purdie and Professor Brian Christensen, Visual Arts, Sculpture The Speakers (Voice Box) is a six-foot cube made of two hundred-twelve black speakers. The point of departure for this sculpture is found in an art historical dialog between Minimalist art and the criticism of Michael Fried. In this piece I examined the phenomenology of perception as […]

Samoa Stories of Faith

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Thomas Powell and Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw, School of Music The Samoan Islands are home to a rich and fascinating history and culture which is slowly disappearing as other world influences continue to have an impact on them. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, it is our responsibility to seek […]

Roak-Aradun and Other Stories

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Michael Mercer and Professor Kelly Loosli, Theatre and Media Arts Brigham Young University’s Animation program is well on its way to becoming legendary. With the combined heroism of the faculty, the students, the administration, and others, there has risen a collegiate experience that rivals that of private art institutions. Yet no university program has room enough […]

‘Whe’re Ya Gunna Go?’ Script Development and Distribution

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Kyle Fackrell, Zach Kempf, and Dr. Rodger Rosensen, Theatre and Media Arts ‘Whe’re Ya Gunna Go?’ is a student written script that we have been developing since 2006 which, at the outset of this ORCA funding process, was in the script development and workshopping stage and was being prepped for submission for various festivals and […]

“Reintroduction”

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Levi Jackson and Professor Brian Christensen, Fine Arts and Communications-sculpture Set-up I decided to do the installation in May because that gave me the right weather for the installation as well as enough time to prepare for the exhibition of the sculpture at BYU. I had made most of the boxes for the salt and had […]

D-E-A-F Images of a Visual Culture

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Whitney Hardie and Professor John Telford, Photography My goal this year was to go above and beyond my education and truly put the skills I’ve learned at BYU to use. I actually graduated in April but moved the date to August so that I could finish this project. I took three years of sign-language classes in addition […]

Post-Production Techniques for Anaglyphic 3D Video

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Nathan Grout and Dr. Darl Larsen, Theatre and Media Arts In the past year, there has been a wave of 3D films in theaters. These films utilize the latest digital technologies for production and distribution to provide a superior 3D experience. Similar quality levels, however, can be achieved on an independent/student production level. The resurrection […]