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Immersion, Nelson James Doak

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Nelson Doak

Immersion

When I surf I feel an equilibrium, rhythm, a wholeness, synchronicity of myself deeply immersed in a process. Surfing is a complete satisfaction with the moment. This fullness or sensation fills a void that I always carry. I can't say exactly what that void is, but it is comprised of: The weight against moving forward, general dissatisfaction, and a stagnancy that comes from a lack of order or discipline.

My project involves finding the equilibrium or rhythm found in surfing through a creative process. One example is throwing a pot on the wheel which is a momentary …

Midnight Cowboy Rides Again, Ilana R. Dodelson

Senior Projects Spring 2015

Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts at Bard College.

Fill Your Holes For No-Body, Virginia Lopez-Anido

Senior Projects Spring 2015

The intention of this project was to reference the transition from childhood to adulthood by producing a body of work that abstracts, exaggerates and reinforces certain parts of ‘the figure’. This project alludes to a psychological and emotional remembrance of puberty as an experience that introduced and questioned bizarre forms of the ‘body’. Each piece in this project is represented like an artifact and like an image in which both negotiates qualities of humor, the uncomfortable and pathos. The combination between the plaster forms and the reconstructed parts/structures furthers some sort of anxiety out of necessity or support. It also …