my assignment was to make a representation of myself in a family portrait.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Mashups
Here are some fake trailers Matt and I made for a cinema class at Oberlin College. The class focused on three directors: Roberto Rossellini, François Truffaut and Richard Linklater.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Dinner With Other People's Parents
The Welshs
Mr. Silver and Ms. Dale
Mr. Benson and Ms. Dutton
The Sluks
Resilience
Senior Studio and Thesis Show, April 2008
Artist Statement:
My artwork is chiefly autobiographical – it deals extensively with themes of family, personal development and growth. In this exhibition I explore different concepts of home through people, locations, family, and cultural identity. Some of my associations with home are permanent memories and some are constantly evolving. When I think about the word home I remember the house I grew up in, which was always in a state of reconstruction. I think about how since I moved out of that house, I have not lived in a stable residence.
For me, home has come to mean traveling, temporary residences, and the influential people I have surrounded myself with along the way. My obsession with other people’s homes and family dynamic is rooted in my ongoing search for a domestic environment I can call my own. Although home is something I am still coming to terms with, I am resilient. And I’m still working on overcoming my hardships by sharing these experiences through my art.
My artistic process is a framework for psychological healing and creative expression. My memories shape my identity and I process much of my own personal evolution through these works. Through the pieces in my show I hope to convey the idea of a homelike structure that I have built for myself over the years, and am still trying to define.
Artist Statement:
My artwork is chiefly autobiographical – it deals extensively with themes of family, personal development and growth. In this exhibition I explore different concepts of home through people, locations, family, and cultural identity. Some of my associations with home are permanent memories and some are constantly evolving. When I think about the word home I remember the house I grew up in, which was always in a state of reconstruction. I think about how since I moved out of that house, I have not lived in a stable residence.
For me, home has come to mean traveling, temporary residences, and the influential people I have surrounded myself with along the way. My obsession with other people’s homes and family dynamic is rooted in my ongoing search for a domestic environment I can call my own. Although home is something I am still coming to terms with, I am resilient. And I’m still working on overcoming my hardships by sharing these experiences through my art.
My artistic process is a framework for psychological healing and creative expression. My memories shape my identity and I process much of my own personal evolution through these works. Through the pieces in my show I hope to convey the idea of a homelike structure that I have built for myself over the years, and am still trying to define.
Coming Clean
This project began with the memory of a neglected bathtub that sat at the top of the stairs in my childhood home for about eight years. It was waiting there to be placed in the remodeled bathroom that never came to be. I began to put the pieces together of how the brand new bathtub, still in its box, represented the theme of unfinished business in my family history.
The tub represents me overcoming experiences. The tiles reflect my family history and the meaningful people in my life: both sides of my grandparents, my divorced parents, and my sister. Not only do the tiles reflect these unresolved relationships, but they also symbolize the incomplete rooms and spaces that were constants in my life.
In many ways this image has become that of an intangible object, which represents how we can re-create memories by learning and changing from them. This is not just about the theme of unfinished family business, it’s about me finishing something and giving the viewer the opportunity to view my past, which is beginning to feel finally resolved.
The tub represents me overcoming experiences. The tiles reflect my family history and the meaningful people in my life: both sides of my grandparents, my divorced parents, and my sister. Not only do the tiles reflect these unresolved relationships, but they also symbolize the incomplete rooms and spaces that were constants in my life.
In many ways this image has become that of an intangible object, which represents how we can re-create memories by learning and changing from them. This is not just about the theme of unfinished family business, it’s about me finishing something and giving the viewer the opportunity to view my past, which is beginning to feel finally resolved.
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