Leblanc, Jean-RenéMcKeough, RitaInkster, Alexandria2016-10-042016-10-0420162016http://hdl.handle.net/11023/3393This paper re-presents the research/artworks I have conducted/lived/produced between September 2014 and Summer 2016. Its primary objective is to better situate my Thesis Performance, collate | the collective inside, within the larger framework of an iterative creative research practice. Through the practices of installation and performance art, I have sought to investigate, identify, and present alternative ways in which to perceive and inhabit our shared and overlapping lifeworlds; other ways to inhabit the world | other ways of being with re-presents the projects I have undertaken with this objective in mind over the past two years. I contextualize my position within contemporary art by briefly touching on artists whose artwork and/or practices operate with similar aims to my own. At the end of the document, I provide an appendix of personally relevant, redefined terms, which relate to concepts and themes that have impelled and shaped much of my research and cultural production to date.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.Fine ArtsPerformanceInstallationmaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/27236