Working as a Group

 In all honesty I haven't ever created an installation and Monday's experience was definitely on that put me outside of my comfort zone for multiple reason. For starters, I am not one who likes working with others in group projects, especially when it comes to my artistic vision and process. I was worried that my ideas would clash with others and that I wouldn't have much to contribute to the installation. Though these thoughts were in my head, I tried very hard to contribute ideas and help set up, adding to the groups artistic vision. Once we all got going, I found it was actually very easy to work as a group and that though we all had different thoughts, we all were able to create an inclusive installation that incorporated and included all of our ideas. 

The final product was super entertaining and really cool to get to walk through and create your on story while looking at it. You could see everyone's contribution within the installation and see all the different visions come to one, even though we were just creating out of junk we found. Overall, the installation was super fun to put together and was a real test to my creative mind. Taking random junk and turning it into art truly showed me where my brain could lead me and our group and it was interesting to see how I create art with stuff that wasn't originally meant to be art. 














Comments

  1. Morgan DonahueFebruary 7, 2022 at 10:09 AM

    Your writing next to the underwear was hysterical, and really invited me to join in! Then Johnie coming back through and nailing dirty plastic bags over the writing was another layer of collaboration. I agree that I had no idea what was going to happen, but it was easy and great fun to work in a group together!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Penelope Umbrico

Image
Penelope Umbrico is a New York based artist whose art comments and reinterprets everyday consumerism through mass numbered installations that use objects, photographs and media. She finds inspiration through pages of consumer products such as catalogs, travel, brochures and websites like Flickr and EBay. Her use of social media is also very important within her process and inspiration, pulling found images and and ideas for her multiple ongoing projects. Her work has been shown in many major museums including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1 and the Milwaukee Art Museum. She has received numerous of awards and fellowships, such as the Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship and the New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship. Penelope is one of my favorite artists that I have ever had the privilege to see in person. Her work is incapsulating and honestly incredible. You look at it and the mass size and numerous images are incredible draw you in unlike anything I have expe
Read more

Andrew Norris

Image
Because of softball, I did not have the opportunity to attend Andrew Norris' talk. Though true, I did get to chat with him in my practicum class and visit his website to look and reflect on his art. His art is super intriguing and after meeting and talking to him, I can see his influence and connection to his work. He is one of the youngest "successful" artists that I have gotten the pleasure to speak with about my work and his own. While looking at the thematic iconography within his different series, like Queer Appalachia and Toxic Masculinity you can see his expression of identity through out. His art approaches and, I personally believe conquers personal and universal problems and conversations. His art addresses the inclusion of the non-binary, gay sexuality, and addressing/confronting the patriarchy in a way I haven't seen done before. It's beautiful and mature, while being fun and playful through artistic style and composition. The color choices and his inc
Read more

Final Installation: A Preview to My Senior Gallery Show

Image
My final installation planned changed a little in the process of trying to create it. Originally my plan was to do a full run through of my senior show, but I made the decision when ordering the photos that I wanted to wait and have my final show be "original" and be the final and only run through. So with that in mind I chose to do a mini installation. I ordered only 100 photos to see an estimate of dimensions of how much space 1/10th of my images would cover. I chose to do a free collage on my kitchen table, collaging, but not sticking the images so they could be reused in my final show (photos are expensive). The entire set up actually only took me about 30 minutes, which was impressive in my eyes as I was expecting it to take WAY longer. The installation allowed for people to circulate the table, dodging my three rescue dogs who were enjoying playing tug of war underneath the table... it really allowed for an immersive experience. The final "preview" was about 4
Read more