eating ads

6'x3'x2' mix media

I decided to do my piece on advertising and how it attacks us wherever we go. It is always in our faces. I decied to do my piece as an interactive piece. I installed it in my friends house where 4 girls live. Everyone uses the fridge to eat, but the ads are so in your face that sometime you might just lose you appetite. I meant for people to realize how rediulous ads can be and how americans are so gullable to comsumerism.

Growing Pains(project2)

18x22x2in paint, and fruit

I was inspired by Cai Guo Qiang, and how the media he chooses to use is unpredictable. I wanted to try something new, and while I was watching the movie Accross The Universe the main character(an artist) uses fruit in one of his pieces. Those were my new sources, and I also wanted to make sure I could relate my piece to me without being too literal.

I decided to create my piece to describe my childhood. I am from Chicago, and I moved here to go to school in Aug of 07. I like it here a lot, but I do get homesick. With summer right around the corner I was thinking of things I did as a child back home over summer. My mom would grow raspberries and strawberries in our backyard, and after a good swim in our pool her and I would go pick the beautiful red berries and eat an entire bowl. I loved spending that time with my mom, and for some reason our raspberries and strawberries always tased the best! I decided to use blackberries to represent the negative events that occured in my childhood thats are dark and messy. And I tried to cover them up with the raspberries and strawberries(good memories) in order to make myself feel better. At the same time no matter how hard I try to cover those bad memories up with good ones they will always be there like a stain of blackberries. I started my picec out with a canvas and some paint markers. Since I like desin I did a little design to guide the rest of my piece.

I related it to time by doing it in layers. The first day I messed with the blackberries(the bad mem) and let them soak in and stain the canvas. I wanted the berries to rot a little. Then I waited two days to finish by placing fresh raspberries and strawberries on to cover up the mess.

Read Between the Eyes

1'6x1'x6in photo media, and branches
I created my work world. My piece is a photo collage of my daily life. I had a photo down the aisle way of the barn- showing one point persp. I cut it into 4 pieces, and split them up. Then placed everything else inside of it. My piece is a clash of commercial show riding and horses in their "natural" environment. The branches reprsent my growth, and how all of the jobs I have had with horses has contributed to my growth as a person. The eyes in the middle show the connection between horse and human. The boots represent putting yourself into my shoes which majority of the time are boots. Theres a photo of one of our horses outside in the background, and in the forground is a trailer representing taking a wild animal and taming them to compete. The bridles/bits represent me and how im in control of my life. I also choose to petrude some of the branches through the photos to show how my growth is still growing and breaking out.

Identity Project 1

1.) Personal-
what makes you feel worthy? my work ethic
what makes you laugh? majority of things..my friends, family, my animals, tv, etc.
what embarasses you? i dnt knw... nt too much
what infuriates you? NC driving system/drivers, rude people, selfishness
what thrills you? new friends, shopping, movies, etc.
what comforts you? my animals
what makes you sad? when im over whelmed with life, when i over work myself

2.) Transpersonal
family- daughter
education- freshman college student
preferred leisure activity- horse show jumping
economic status- working student

3.)Contex
I am content with the surroundings. I am aware of the dangers of campus and college life, and I keep myself in a causious state of being. I am constatly ont he run between school and the barn I work at everyday in Hunterville. The traveling tires me. Its worth every moment I spend witht the horses I ride and the peaceful atmosphere at the barn vs. the hustle at school. Guess I have the best of both worlds.

4.)home
with my friends or at the farm

5.)Material
I am somewhat materialistic, I love to shop. I like brand names like american eagle, etc. But I could care less what poeple thoguht of theose brands. I just like the material. I don't like Coach, or D&G

6.)reflected "I"
I am an anmial magnet/lover, and also a kid magnet. I love kids, and babysitting

7.)
*first time I rode a horse
*when my parents divorced
*when I bought my horse
*when I had to say goodbye to her in order to pay for college
*When I moved acrss the country from my mom-who I am very close to

My life is my job, horses! I live to compete, and work with animals. The conection between horse and rider is amazing.

Transforming Things into Other Things

wrapped-my mattress is wrapped with sheets

luminous-my best friend

gnarly- the hair within my brush

edible- yogurt

wicked- my aviator sunglasses

was alive- my birthday flower

unexpected sound- loudest alarm clock ever!

could spill- water bottle

smell- room mate's foot

fleeting and temporal- my dreams

astonishing-coffee, and its effects

scattered-m&m's

transformed by wind- blue ribbon

soft- brown pillow

buried- my socks under comforter

cold- statistics can be cold hearted

distasteful- dirty sponge

stretched- rubber band

smeared-lip gloss on wall

awkward- my bra

6 feet- my bed

I thought to do my material invention purely from things found in my dorm room, and i could not believe the many weird and freakish things that I found in the process. I used my bed to collaborate all of the elements. I had trouble transforming some of the stuff into other stuff, I felt like the majority of my project was kind of boring and too literal. Everything is easy to understand yet that made it not as interesting in a sense, so i sat back and thought of some things i could do to mix it u a bit. Thins was also hard for me, I think I executed the project well, but I'm not very happy with the creative factor, I would have liked it to be less literal and more thought provoking. Overall i enjoyed collecting different things and incorporating them all together. I took the space on my bed, and created the feeling of chaos! I used the comforter to my advantage. My sleeping space which is normally a place of relaxation and calmness was turned completely around into total craziness.