BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:ADVISOR: Anthony Fisher SUBJECT: MASTER OF FINE ARTS THESIS DEF ENSE BY: Ali Masoumzadeh TOPIC: Contemporary anatomy of a Persian family D ATE: May 14th, 2026 TIME: 9:30am LOCATION: Hatch Street studios, New Bedfo rd, MA ABSTRACT: This thesis investigates change, transformation, and the ability to freely express. The work emerges from a desire to create visual and material systems that are not fixed but open, where the act of lookin g becomes an act of choice rather than passive reception. The painting and the drawing installation, and the graphic novel invite a viewer to naviga te, flip, rotate, and reorient pages or objects, activating a shifting ima ge that resists singular interpretation. This freedom allows forms to muta te, and to embrace the instability inherent in the creative process. The w ork is shaped by personal and collective experiences of restriction and th e damage of being under authoritarian systems. Through interaction in a no nlinear fashion, the work offers an experience of the simple act of choosi ng what to see. And how to see it might be the solution too.\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/master-of-fine-arts-thesis-defense-by-al i-masoumzadeh--college-of-visual-and-performing-arts.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

ADVISOR: Anthony Fisher

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SUBJECT: MASTER OF FINE ARTS THESIS DEFENSE BY: Ali Masoumzadeh

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T OPIC: Contemporary anatomy of a Persian family

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DATE: May 14th\, 20 26

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TIME: 9:30am

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LOCATION: Hatch Street studios\, New Bedfo rd\, MA

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ABSTRACT:

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This thesis investigates change\, transf ormation\, and the ability to freely express. The work emerges from a desi re to create visual and material systems that are not fixed but open\, whe re the act of looking becomes an act of choice rather than passive recepti on. The painting and the drawing installation\, and the graphic novel invi te a viewer to navigate\, flip\, rotate\, and reorient pages or objects\, activating a shifting image that resists singular interpretation. This fre edom allows forms to mutate\, and to embrace the instability inherent in t he creative process. The work is shaped by personal and collective experie nces of restriction and the damage of being under authoritarian systems. T hrough interaction in a nonlinear fashion\, the work offers an experience of the simple act of choosing what to see. And how to see it might be the solution too.

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/master-of-fine- arts-thesis-defense-by-ali-masoumzadeh--college-of-visual-and-performing-a rts.php

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