My installation piece was a very personal piece of art that showcased the intimacy of an artist as an individual. Inspired by Marina Abramovic, I wanted to create an intimate atmosphere where I was able to figuratively open myself up to my audience. Something that was difficult for this project was the installation aspect. It …
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Open-Ended Project Ideation
This idea initially came to me during my research of Marina Abramovic; I was very interested in her exploration of individual vulnerability and intimacy. I wanted to lament the highly personal role that the artist plays during any piece of art. My proposal specifically was about the intimate things about me as an individual and …
Project #4 Self Critique
In this project, I wanted to explore the sense of touch through the decontextualization of different textures made from every-day items. I used cardboard, yarn, q-tips, bubble wrap, thread, hot glue, and newspaper to create different mats of varying textures. I then placed these textures to the underside of the desks in the classroom. My …
Project #4 Ideation
For this project, I wanted to explore the senses in a setting where sight isn’t accessible. I wanted to incorporate touch, scent, and sound. I decided on experimenting with different every day items to create different textures that would be ambiguous without seeing what it is that you’re touching.
Project 4 Exercise
Notes from site: Site Map: The site I chose was the Catholic church right behind Central Building.
“Wake Up and Smell Your City” Reading Questions
Individual people have different natural smells, so where would the chemical composition difference be found? Why can’t an individual recognize what they smell like? Are they too used to their own scent? There are some perfumes that chemically mix with your own natural smells and pH levels, could that be considered a form of art? …
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Video Screening Critique
Interpretations: One piece that I enjoyed interpreting was Cadence’s video Cards. To me, the piece encompassed the passage of time and the entirety of a lifespan all just through images of fragments of cards. It made me think about the value and the importance we put into a card to signify these big life events. …
Project #3 Ideation
For this project, the prompt I got was “natural.” At first I didn’t know what or how I wanted to represent this idea, but the thought of a “natural makeup look” came to me as I was doing just that one day before school. Initially I didn’t know if I wanted to have audio or …
Project #3 Video and Self-Critique
How Do I Look? The video piece that I created is titled How Do I Look? based off of the prompt “natural.” The piece focuses on me following makeup application instructions from the 1940s-60s in the hopes to achieve a “natural” makeup look. I wanted to focus on the decades worth of beauty standards that …
Project #3 Exercise
30 seconds exercise
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