Title

"To Deal"

Submission Date

4-27-2015

Document Type

Paper

Department

Art

Adviser

Sarah Kaufman

Committee Member

Deborah Barkun

Committee Member

Cari Freno

Committee Member

Abby Kluchin

Department Chair

Deborah Barkun

Project Description

My objective in beginning this series was to, quite simply, deal with personal issues. I wanted to begin to dissect and make sense of my experiences through critical understanding of the different internal and external social pressures I was feeling. I did so by creating a series of life-size objects referencing and conflicting with both my own and other’s bodies in space. These objects in their scene have taken on a life of their own that places them in a dialogue beyond just my own experience, furthering to allow for other’s experiences to be reflected as well. The result was an immersive environment of a private scene in a public platform (in this case the Berman Museum of Art) that vies with a participant-viewer for their own space. I feel as though this ongoing process of dealing through art has been helpful for me and for many in my audiences as I visually and conceptually work through social constructs, hierarchies, and systems.

Comments

The Student Achievement in Research and Creativity Committee funded my studio practice for the Spring 2015 semester.

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