Beyond the Visible: The Transformation of Electricity in Our Lives
Zeynep Kubra Sutlas
Exhibition and Experience Design
About this Item
- Title
- Beyond the Visible: The Transformation of Electricity in Our Lives
- Contributor Names
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Sutlas, Zeynep Kubra (Author)
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Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Exhibition and Experience Design (Degree granting institution)
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Cowan, Brenda (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2021
- Degree Information
- M.A. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York 2021.
- Department: Exhibition and Experience Design.
- Advisors: Cowan, Brenda. Committee members: Lyons, Christina; Carlson, Brooke.
- Abstract
- This thesis document is comprised of two sections. The first section explores the theory of how objects play a role in evoking emotions, empathizing, and connecting visitors with the past by revealing the story of the objects themselves. I then assert that telling a story with various objects can be applied to the science museum experience for young learners and prove the validity of this claim through multiple case studies and prototypes.The second section is the applied project. I enforce the strategies explored in the thesis argument and prove their capabilities with a designed environment. The section explores "Beyond the Visible: The Transformation of Electricity in Our Lives," an exhibition that takes place in the Liberty Science Center. It is an experience that allows school children and their parents to discover what life looked like in the 1880s.Objects are factors that explain, demonstrate, and visualize a situation and event. They are the connectors between ourselves, others, and the world around us because they can nonverbally communicate with people. Thus, objects can be used to clarify one specific circumstance to reflect its relevant background. The reason for the connection between people and objects is that objects enable them to trigger memory and imagination. Therefore, people can perceive one particular event by experiencing the objects themselves. Considering the power of objects, my thesis aims to explore how objects allow people to understand the emotional state of another person as it relates to a specific time and place.My applied project, "Beyond the Visible: The Transformation of Electricity in Our Lives," will focus on the mundane and domestic objects of the electricity revolution of the 1880s. The content presents the story of how the entire world changed with the discovery of electricity at this time. This exhibition at the Liberty Science Center will use theatrical techniques combined with object-driven experiences to enable visitors to explore how this momentous and dramatic time in world history. Ultimately, the exhibition is about connectivity, empathy, understanding, and creating a bridge to people in history. The content examines the struggle for life and survival in the 1880s, and how people did not give up through difficulties. Visitors will understand the psychology and emotions of people who lived at that time through the change that came with electricity.
- Subject
- Liberty Science Center (Jersey City, N.J.)
- Science museums
- Museum exhibits
- Museum studies
- Museum visitors
- Museum objects
- Electricity--History
- Young adults
- Children
- Rights
- In Copyright
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- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: etd_000882
- pqdiss: 28963521
- ISBN: 9798790646096
- Language
- eng
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
Citation
Sutlas, Z. K. (2021). Beyond the Visible: The Transformation of Electricity in Our Lives [Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York]. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/4009
Sutlas, Zeynep Kubra. Beyond the Visible: The Transformation of Electricity in Our Lives. 2021. Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, Master's thesis. FIT Institutional Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/4009
Sutlas, Zeynep Kubra. "Beyond the Visible: The Transformation of Electricity in Our Lives." Master's thesis, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, 2021. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/4009