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Same Stuff, Just Packaged A Different Way (Maybe It's Not So Bad?), Kyle Strobel
Same Stuff, Just Packaged A Different Way (Maybe It's Not So Bad?), Kyle Strobel
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers
Who Would You Be? examines the interplay between person and persona, relationship building, and artist-sitter dynamics. By placing contemporary sitters in the context of historical portraiture conventions, it seeks to lead viewers to consider the issue of self-absorption and vanity in social media profiles from a different angle. Additionally, this project became a way to enhance the quality of my personal relationships with those involved through providing a space to interact and creating a link for them between myself and each other.
Encounter: Alone In The Woods, Max Zagor
Encounter: Alone In The Woods, Max Zagor
Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Papers
Encounter aims to take the viewer into the darkest parts of the mind through my own journey into the woods. With the images, my work attempts to capture a pure level of the fear that I felt as I ventured into the woods, alone, at night to experience the emotions I wanted to show. Similarly, Encounter deals with why we see what we see; as in, why do we think we see Bigfoot in the shadows? Where does that idea come from? Through my research, I work to prove that our culture has implanted the imagery and thoughts of monsters …
This System Has Failed Us, Kate Murray Bickhardt
This System Has Failed Us, Kate Murray Bickhardt
Senior Projects Spring 2017
When I go to a courtroom the only color I see is orange. I don’t want to talk down to people. The projection is level to the floor. There are 2,500 napkins. They are the people, the garbage, and the repetition of the excess, and my hope of giving them importance. There are roughly 2,500 people in the Orleans Parish Prison on any given day, but the system is bigger than them. It’s more consuming and this is not nearly the amount of napkins it would take to represent the people in even just one state's carceral system. The space …
"Perhaps," She Said, "Looking Itself Could Be An Antidote.", Sarah Moore
"Perhaps," She Said, "Looking Itself Could Be An Antidote.", Sarah Moore
Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers
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