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star cycle

December 8th, 2024

Astronomy has a very special and beloved place in my heart. The stars are something I have been asking about for as long as I can remember. If I didn't have a human body I would be exploring the stars and the wider universe for the rest of time.

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester.

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[Untitled]

November 20th, 2024

This piece is a couple of strong opinions mashed into one. It is a play on how the Internet isn't limited to just inside our devices. Whether we like the Internet or not, it follows us everywhere. There is a strong desire for people to spend time off the Internet and social media, but we always find ourselves back on computers or phones for one reason or another. This piece is also a play on FOMO (fear of missing out). Social media gives people so much to feel bad about, so most people 'solve' this problem by just staying on social media instead of fixing the root of the problem.

For the composition, inside the phone is not supposed to be pure evil, and outside the screen is not pure goodness. Regardless of interpretation, both can be bad or good.

This piece also correlates with the piece before it, "Girl meets [digital] World to complete the complementary phrases to say "Don't blink or you'll miss it."

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester

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Girl meets [digital] World

November 20, 2024

As I was making this piece, the main themes I had were jewelry and chords, two common types of objects I carry with me [almost] at all times. Growing up as a tomboy, I had adults try and push me to have more feminine interests, which drove me away from tech. I enjoyed these interests and still do, but I never understood why I couldn't do things like tech and music. I decided to indulge in coding and music anyway, and while I still have people talk down to me In the tech field, it doesn't deter me the way it used to. Being at least minimally proficient in tech this decade is a vital skill everyone must have, but I'm not sacrificing any part of myself to get there.

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester

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Fish TV

November 6th, 2024

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester

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Spinning gif of the bestie :D

November 1st, 2024

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester

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"The walls have words to say to you."

October 17th, 2024

For this piece, I wanted to give a sense of nostalgia. I’m a pretty private person, and I don’t like showing people parts of myself if I feel like it’s not required. I’m against the notion of having to explain my works, and for an already personal piece, I feel even less like sharing. These objects are not all things from my childhood but some are replicas of real items. All of these objects are significant, from the lighting to the editing every object and how it interacts with the other is important. The objects surround the lamb plush that I have had for as long as I can remember, she is supposed to represent a young version of myself. She is wearing glasses that belonged to my father but they are too big for her because she is a lamb and he was a man. The glasses are rose tinted and come from my home country. The lamb is surrounded by a candle, a geode, and a salt lamp, and is standing on top of a 4th generation iPod that I was gifted at age 10. The vignette brings a fuzzy warmth to the image and the background is distorted to look like you rubbed your eyes too hard. Even this text is meshed into the wall to add to the dream like effect. Every item represents a different facet of my life all intersecting and facing me. All speaking something that I can’t hear.

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester

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"Choices"

September 26th, 2024

Digital Collage made with images from The Smithsonian Public Domain and The Public Domain Review.

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester

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"Friendly Fire"

September 26th, 2024

Digital Collage made with images from The Smithsonian Public Domain and The Public Domain Review.

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester

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The Antipathy Project: Draft

September 5 - September 11, 2024,

My goal for this creation was to unify the sensation of dread. As uncomfortable as the feeling is, we are entering a world of severe censorship. Even down to our tiniest discomfort is being censored. Allowing ourselves to feel discomfort in an environment that doesn't equate to fearing for our safety will enable us to ask questions about ourselves. Most of my upbringing was filled with art that did not inspire or make me feel much of anything. I didn't connect with anything I saw, and this frustrated me as I knew art could be something more. Developing a creation with one of my first raw experiences of what art could be was important to me.

Fear is a powerful motivator and one of the most abused motivators throughout human history, so much so that we can't recognize the beauty and complexity of the sensation. All of the pieces in this exhibit expressed different variations of the same sensation of dread which is to be watched. This dread of being watched breathes room for insecurity and instability. I wanted to emphasize this feeling via the caution tape, high-contrast lighting, and low ceiling. There is enough light to see the artwork but not enough to identify other patrons. One person's reactions to the curated images may act as a Rorschach Test. What you find disturbing compared to the next person reflects your own experiences. A well-known quote from Cesar Cruz says, “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturbed the comfortable.” This quote is left open for interpretation, and for this context, I used it to say step outside of your ordinary and find something others don't dare (or want you) to find. Let the pieces disturb you, or don't; that won’t change the message. The exhibit is an opportunity to experience, and choosing not to is just as much of a result as any other.

Made for the Fall 2024 Semester