UC San Diego

ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS

Space Travel,

or: Lessons in Critical Distance

by

Sarah Ruth Farnsworth

Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts

University of California San Diego, 2019

Professor Brian Cross, Chair

Professor Norman Bryson, Co-Chair

Space Travel, or: Lessons in Critical Distance by Sarah Ruth Farnsworth is an exploration of color, space and emotion as experienced on the highways of the American Southwest. This project spans one year and four states, resulting in a book of photographs and text, as well as an accompanying photographic exhibition.