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Ni De Aqui Ni De Alla..., Jc Santistevan
Ni De Aqui Ni De Alla..., Jc Santistevan
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Ni de aqui ni de alla navigates the complexities of belonging to two cultures-Mexican
and American-while not fully identifying with either. By visualizing liminal spaces,
migratory patterns, and quotidian subject matter the work serves as a metaphor for
the Latinx experience in the United States-an experience defined by conflicts between
conformity and resistance, individuality and community, spirituality and secularism,
alienation and belonging. "Black and white are the colors of photography…..they
symbolize the alternatives of hope and despair," Robert Frank once said, and it is
through a nonlinear installation of black and white imagery that I seek to describe the
push …
Irradicable, Katharina Erika Marchant
Irradicable, Katharina Erika Marchant
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Katherina Marchant MFA Creative Project
Relative Existence, Andrew S. Klc
Relative Existence, Andrew S. Klc
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
The imagination is the tool of creation. Before something can exist physically, it must first be envisioned mentally, as an idea. Fantasy morphs into a reality and I am transported to a realm where I can walk along canyon floors and grapple peaks. I am forging these worlds…my primordial creation.
Parallaxis, Carl Ray Wilson
Parallaxis, Carl Ray Wilson
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Parallaxis first began with an observation in my hometown. At nighttime, like a moth attracted to a flame, I would notice empty buildings that were closed or never opened for various reasons and relate them to my own inner vacancy. Seeing the lights on in these empty places motivated my curiosity and kept me studiously coming back.
I continued my exploration of empty buildings in Utah. Taking note of how capturing reflections transformed my images from documentary photography to internal forms of expression. It was at this time that reflections became the driving force within my image making. I became …