SCULPTOR RICK MCCOY
  • Home
  • Bio
  • Current Research
    • Semester 1
    • Semester 2
    • Semester 3
    • Semester 4
    • Semester 5
    • Semester 6
  • Thesis
  • Artist CV
  • Contact

Thesis

Here lies the completion of my masters program at Texas Tech University
- First is video from my thesis lecture
- Second is my written thesis
- Third is pictures of my thesis exhibition
- Last is acknowledgements of the businesses and people that helped me              accomplish this exhibition


Thesis Lecture


Written Thesis

Picture
Written Thesis
This is the PDF version, however the actual layout is different when put into book form. Sadly the PDF I have of my book is too large of file to link here...

                                       Artist Statement

        Manufactured Scapes are metaphors of environments that have been altered by large-scale human activity, that are manufactured from man-made materials, and explore the absurdity of humankind's wastefulness. The Installation before you illustrates a tiny fragment of a hyperobject. Hyperobjects are things that have become massively distributed over time and space in relation to humans and human life cycles. One example of this is a product of expressly human manufacture like EPS (aka styrofoam) that will outlive humans by 500 – 1000 years.
 
 
Materials
1.6 tons of densified expanded polystyrene foam (EPS) aka (Styrofoam) Collected from 5 businesses and consumers here in Lubbock, Processed through Recycle Tech XT-200E Densifying Machine, 2021




Acknowledgements
I wanted to have a place on my site to say thank you so several people and businesses that have helped me throughout my time here at Texas Tech.

Recycling Center at Texas Tech  - Lynne Thurston
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/services/sustainability/

Good Earth Recycling  - Nick Nowicki
https://goodearthrecycle.com/#curbside-recycling-service-lubbock

Big R Surplus and Salvage - Richard Beller
https://www.facebook.com/bigrsands/

The Garage Sale Store -
https://www.facebook.com/thgaragesalestore/about/?ref=page_internal

Disabled American Veterans Thrift Store -
https://m.facebook.com/davthriftstore/

Businesses that donated their Expanded Polystyrene foam (EPS) to my cause -

Aarons Furniture Store
https://locations.aarons.com/us/tx/lubbock/2809-50th-st

Marshalls and HomeGoods
https://www.marshalls.com/us/store/stores/Lubbock-TX-79407/1283/aboutstore

WD Wilkins Furniture
http://wilkinsfurniture.com/

Maxor Solutions
https://www.maxor.com/maxor-specialty/

Tascosa Office Machines
https://tascosaofficemachines.com/

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.
  • Home
  • Bio
  • Current Research
    • Semester 1
    • Semester 2
    • Semester 3
    • Semester 4
    • Semester 5
    • Semester 6
  • Thesis
  • Artist CV
  • Contact