Of the thesis entitled: I Went for a Drive
The
place
is
a
Tower
much
like
the
ones
in
Cambridge
I’ve
been
so
fascinated
by,
the
ones
I’m
drawn
to
when
I
need
a
break.
What makes this Tower of interest is that it just so happens to be the tallest thing in the western hemisphere. Better yet, it’s also located in perhaps the flattest state in the US: North Dakota—second only to Florida. This place, where the tallest structure meets the flattest land, is where I want to go. North Dakota also happens to be the place where you can find the longest stretch of laser-straight road—192 kilometers running between the I-29 south of Fargo and Highway 30, into the city of Streeter, population 170 as of the 2010 census.
I seem to be drawn to these extremes of mundanity—maybe because nothing is ever really mundane if you capture it just right. And so I’m off on a boring trip to take plain photos of mundane objects in bland landscapes. One is a Tower. The other is a Road.
Supervisor:
Donald McKay, University of Waterloo
Committee Members:
Robert Jan van Pelt, University of Waterloo
Jane Hutton, University of Waterloo
External Reader:
Sophie Hackett
The
committee
has
been
approved
as
authorized
by
the
Graduate
Studies
Committee.
The
Defence
Examination
will
take
place:
Tuesday,
June
19,
2018
4:00
PM
ARC
1001
A
copy
of
the
thesis
is
available
for
perusal
in
ARC
2106A.