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Personal Details, Ben Nathan
Personal Details, Ben Nathan
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
In 2022 I lost my Paternal Grandmother. I found that in addition to the loss of a dear matriarch I mourned everyday things lost to the past. From furniture to childhood relationships, I was made keenly aware of their absence. As I longed to spend more time in the past, I created a studio practice of printing and drawing, whereby I enable myself to spend hours a day in quiet introspection, just drawing and reflecting on my life as expressed by personal details.
My work melds renderings of everyday spaces and objects from memories of childhood and my present experience …
Spectrum, Kara Kellett
Spectrum, Kara Kellett
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Many people believe their memory works like a video camera, capturing and storing their experiences. However, memories can be manipulated or planted without us noticing. If this seems insignificant, consider the big consequences of false memory: although eyewitness identification of a criminal is often unreliable, it has an incredible power to sway a jury.1
My interest in studying memory and my introspective nature has led me to create this series of work—a visual collection of my experiences as a spectrum of color and shape. These pieces have been influenced by age, emotion, personality, and bias. With each piece, I …