In my master’s thesis I will discuss the term hoarding. In the first part I will explore hoarding disorder, a psychological disorder which is defined by excessive accumulation, difficulty with discarding objects, and clutter. I will make an overview of the disorder, what distinguishes it from regular collecting, how it manifests and how it is depicted in popular culture in a case study of the television series Hoarders. I will include personal statements of people with hoarding disorder, as well as descriptions of their homes. I will look into how hoarding manifests in the digital sphere and begin to analyze my work with a brief comparison to the project Waste not by Chinese artist Song Dong. I will focus on my own relationship towards hoarding, and how it materializes in my practice over the last three years. I will primarily discuss the thought process of creation in the context of my paintings and other projects, and with that try to define and connect the otherwise intuitive creative process.
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