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[pcardoza426]

Project 5

Artist Statement

For this assignment I decides to keep things simply and simply explore what’s been on my mind lately. I’ve been thinking about childhood memories that are a mix of happy and unhappy memories. One’s childhood is a time for development, and when bad things happen during your childhood, that’ll affect your development. This idea of these memories both making us who we are and also just constantly on our minds is something I wanted to focus on for this project.

To express this idea, I had a teddy bear represent these memories. It supposed to seem sinister or up to no good and docile at the same time. I wake up from a dream, eat breakfast, take some pills, and go back to sleep. At the same time this bear seems to always be there.

Personal Notes

I’m not too happy with this project. I like this concept but I limited myself because of my lack of time. I hope to revisit this work one day.

[dunlapel]

I really love the concept that you had for this performance! I definitely understand feeling like you didn’t do your best because of a lack of time. Regardless, I enjoyed your performance a lot and if you ever revisit it, I would love to see it :)

[cverdun]

Project 5 Open Work

[dunlapel]

I absolutely feel you on loving makeup but not having the energy for it. This look came out great and I hope you continue to experiment with makeup looks in the future. You look amazing!

[muchbetterinmydreamsblr]

Project 5

https://www.instagram.com/tv/COeVF-DDTcs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Artist Statement: For the free work project I continued with the drag performance aspect. I feel like maybe its a push to consider it performance art since it is a highly edited and compiled video. I had a lot of fun with this project though from recording takes with multiple angles. I enjoy the process of clipping videos and creating, essentially, a music video. It is a fun way to add another element to my drag and be expressive. It feels like a good middle step to getting comfortable performing in person as well. I have really enjoyed having this semester to play, explore and practice with drag and take an artistic route to creating performances and engaging with others. 

[dunlapel]

I think that you can absolutely consider this a performance! The editing done in the video looks amazing and I’m so glad I got to experience your performances this semester. If you ever do any live shows in the future, I would love to see it :) Great job!

[metrostate0930-deactivated20210]

Final Project/Artists’ Statement

Hello my peers, here is my coworker Cindy coming in clutch with another contemporary dance for us. 

Statement: The things our body and mind can do when trained is absolutely amazing.  For the past few months, I have seen amazing and touching performances through my classmates and got to learn more artists on this subject.  This is a dance that we also choreographed (I tried dancing and I looked like a big mommy blob, so I took myself out of the video, don’t worry I still love myself), wanting to show just calmness, feelings, just Cindy being Cindy, life goes on etc.  Let’s dance, just because we can, just because we are living, just because! 

[dunlapel]

This was so unbelievably calming for me. I love how your performances don’t need you in them in order to convey your message. I appreciate that you did this one just because you could. We should always tune into our feelings from time to time and I think this was appropriate with finals week being upon us. This was lovely!

[asophiajoy]

Project #5 Open Work A Fucking Distraction (2021)

My Event on Friday, May 7, 2021_edited

A Fucking Distraction (2021)

Artist Statement:

For my open work final performance, I wanted to incorporate my phone again. I decided to act out one of my biggest frustrations with the pandemic and consequently, working from home. I feel so incredibly distracted by my phone, once again! I wanted to show how frustrated I am with the distraction, so I taped it to the wall while I complete a full task, which was responding to applicant inquiries. With monotonous tasks I am even more easily distracted now. As my phone was on the wall, I was restraining it from myself, as is so hard for me to do as I work at home during the pandemic. I left it up for the whole task, until it was complete and recorded the whole thing. I did this as a final project for two reasons, I thought it showed my frustration and it was a way to physically take my distraction away from me, and I wanted to continue my theme with technology and the pandemic. I showed the before, process of taping the phone to the wall, and actually finishing the task in my performance, so I recorded the whole thing from my computer as I completed the work task. Once again, my biggest source of documentation was my phone which was something that I was not incorporating so I used my computer to record it. Luckily the way my home office is set up, I was able to show my taped up phone in the background the whole time which I thought was an effective viewpoint for my project. I honestly felt relieved and undistracted for the whole performance. This is something I should do more honestly as I work from home. Maybe it would help to have it wrapped in plastic wrap the whole day also, as I did in my previous project! The whole video is about 40 mins long, and I finished my task :)

[dunlapel]

I think this is such a cool concept! My phone always feels like my biggest enemy when I’m trying to finish something. Right now it is sitting right next to me and I’m trying my best not to look at it. You did a great job!

[dunlapel]

Performance Artist of the Week #14

For the final performance artist, I chose Rebecca Horn. I’m not sure if anyone has done her yet but I absolutely adore her White Body Fan piece. Even though she is considered to just be a visual artist, I can’t help but to think that her creations are performative in how she wears them. This one in particular must have had its own effect on her as she was wearing it which could be seen as being a performance

[dunlapel]

Performance Art Project: Open Work

These past few weeks have been very stressful for me (and I’m sure for all of you too). I have felt like I’ve been restricting myself creatively and I wasn’t sure what to do about it. That’s why I decided to kill two birds with one stone for this performance. The painting in the video was due for my beginning painting class today (Thursday) and this was filmed on Tuesday. I’ve been very stressed about this painting and so I thought recording my process would help me connect to the piece more. For some reason, seeing myself paint helps me feel more involved with the piece. I think it allows me to finally “see” myself creating art. Sure, I can see my hands create the work, but the out-of-body experience you have seeing yourself create from a third person perspective is eye opening. I never noticed how much I move my face when I’m focused on something. No wonder I always have a headache after. Anyways, I thought this would be cool to do since we never really get to see ourselves when we are really focused in on something. I don’t know about you all, but whenever a camera is on me I always acknowledge it. However, I forgot about it for this performance. I painted and forgot the camera existed. That was until I started getting frustrated with the area I was working on. Aside from that, I found this to be a very freeing experience.

 And for anyone curious, here’s a photo of the finished product. I replicated The Stroll by Claude Monet :)

[samdavickart]

Project 4 - Participation

When I was a kid my mom taught me how to fold origami cranes that she calls swooses - I have no idea where she got that from, apparently it is the word for a goose/swan hybrid. Regardless, I remember I was so excited when she pinched the paper bird’s chest and pulled on it’s tail, causing the wings to flap. It wasn’t long after that I was mass producing these swooses at an alarming rate so that I could ensure each of my elementary school classmates could share in the joy they brought me. It didn’t really occur to me until recently that my practice in ceramics has reconnected me with that part of my inner child. I find it so very exciting to be able to create objects that bring others as much joy as they bring to me. I feel so incredibly lucky and grateful that I this is what I am able to do with my life.

For this project I knew I wanted to find a way that I could allow others to channel their creativity into something that was interactive. When I was first brainstorming for ideas, I thought about one of my favorite works of all time - Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room. She created truly such an ingenious way of allowing the work to evolve through the creative participation of those who were lucky enough to walk through the installation. I wondered about how something similar could be accomplished in the art building, but felt that there was no way I could accomplish a similar visual effect given the reduced amount of students with in person classes this semester. My friend Serei suggested that I should try to find a way to minimize the space that participants could interact with if there weren’t very many of them. So I settled on interactive canvases. In the hallway of the art building I hung three canvases and provided participants with a plethora of the most exciting/nostalgic children’s art supplies that I could afford. Although I attempted to steer the theme in the direction of “unleash your inner child on these canvases”, I really just wanted to see how people would interact with the canvases in general. Honestly, I don’t think I could have asked for a better result. People were vulnerable, supportive, whimsical, and creative with their participation. It truly has brought me so much joy, and I hope that it has at least brought a little to the participants. 

I will be leaving them up in the hallway for as long as I possibly can so if any of y’all walk by in the hallway, please feel free to interact how you please! Thank you so so much to everyone who has participated. 

[dunlapel]

I wish I was on campus more so that I could’ve participated in this! Having a space for people to just let out what’s on their mind is so nice and I’m glad that you decided to do this. Hopefully one day I can see this and participate. Such a cool project!

[muchbetterinmydreamsblr]

Project 4

For this project I was having quite a hard time finding something to do and decided to take the route of having participants through technology. I did a series of poll stories on my Instagram that allowed my followers to dictate and create my look. From wig to outfit to makeup style I let other people make those choices for me and it was a fun way to have participants without physically being around others! I was hoping to do something a bit more extravagant but this idea fit best with my timing and availability and I am pleased with the outcome. After taking in the choices made by my peers I just made a short video on TikTok to have some kind of physical receipt that I followed the choices that were made for me!

[dunlapel]

This is such a cool idea. I love that you let others have a say in your make up look and it still turned out to be beautiful and cohesive. This was a really interesting project and I’d love to see more of your work in the future!

[metrostate0930-deactivated20210]

Participation

Artist‘s Statement I love food, and sometimes process of making something you like is therapeutic.  My mom makes very simple version of (Mongolian) pig in a blanket and they taste like heaven.  My kids usually dig out most of the piggies and me and my mom are left with the blankets.  While making pig in a blanket, I get to bond with my mom.  We talk about old things, new things, fun things, and perhaps little gossip.  Sometimes it even helps to think over things, make some plans, meditate, and just relax.

The anxiousness of waiting for the food, the smell, the final look of the product, they all can be very overwhelming yet so satisfying.  Have you ever thought you made something not too good looking or not too good tasting, but ends up tasting amazing and looks just as awesome?  That’s what my mom felt making this particular piggies (since I’m hoovering over to take pictures).  And, how can I forget the most important people and their produces.  Here is Raheem and Reina with blankets for their piggies...

P.s this is a raw footage of the process, so please don’t mind the background noise.

[dunlapel]

Cooking is such an important part of adult life and many people gloss over it because they see it as a chore, but this performance really makes it feel more than that. This reminds me of when I would cook with my Nana and how relaxing it was. Getting to spend time with people you love while making delicious food is always great! Loved your project :)

[callforclarity]

Project 4: Participation

Artist statement:

For this project, I wanted to explore themes of intimacy, relationships, and connection. I was inspired by a documentary I watched recently on chimpanzees. The documentary discussed how they groom each other to build relationships. As I watched them gently and meticulously groom each other, I was touched by the tenderness and I was reminded of my relationship with my partner, and the relationships of so many of others. Like chimpanzees, we humans often groom each other as an act of love, whether it’s familial, platonic or romantic. My partner and I often do each other’s skincare routine at the end of a long day as an act of love and service. Like the chimpanzees, It’s these small acts and others like it that have kept us connected over the past 8 years. So for this performance, I filmed us doing our usual face routine. Through this performance, my partner and I highlight the less visible parts of intimacy through our grooming, silence, laughter, and of course, cringiness. As a by product of our Christian based patriarchy, we are often told that intimacy is found through sex, but intimacy is multifaceted, existing in so many different spaces, and within so many different acts.

https://youtu.be/dBy5mycu9D0

[dunlapel]

I love how so many of us decided to do performances with our partners! I really liked your concept and how you mentioned that intimacy can be shown through acts of kindness and care. This was a great piece! 

[taylorcozart]

Project #4 | Participation

For me, I am very drawn to simplistic forms of relaxing and art making. I enjoy allowing myself to wonder aimlessly as I talk, watch, listen and more on a piece of paper and see what comes to life afterwards. For participation, I enlisted the help of my partner, who finds himself sometimes getting agitated at the fact that he is not “good” at art. With that in mind, I made sure to explain that the watercolors that we were doing were just for fun. We enjoyed ourselves as we soaked up the sun, laughed, listened to music, and talked about the latest family drama. He, and myself were lost in the moment and in pure enjoyment of each others company while playing out narratives or meaningless shapes on a canvas. It was fun to watch the person that I love come to life as he created a story of “Zeus smiting people” as he put it… The act of participation no matter how big or how small can make a lasting and enjoyable impact on the ones that we love the most. It was an experience that we both enjoyed as we could be in the moment and create silly art that had no rhyme or reason other than for the pure intentions of it being fun and wholesome. 

Music: Gravity, The Infamous Stringdusters 

[dunlapel]

This is so cute! This performance really makes me want to do something similar with my partner. He also gets frustrated with art but I’m sure if we did something like this he would have some fun. This performance was great!

[pcardoza426]

Project 4 Participation

I can wear makeup out in public with less concern what others think. I can put on a ridiculous amount of eyeliner and eyeshadow, but still feel somewhat confident. Feeling insecure in public happens, but it’s at home when I feel the worst. Something about my family seeing me with my face full of makeup that creates this strong sense of guilt and embarrassment. I displayed this in the last project, but wanted to take it a step further in this one, and face this fear. I had my mother in the room as I applied lipstick. As I did this I talked about this guilt and embarrassment I feel. I began shivering and I struggled to say my words. I knew I was scared, but the feeling was a lot more intense than I imagined.

I then asked her to simply respond to what I did. She questioned why I apply makeup on me, and if there’s a message I was trying to send with it. The only thing I responded  was that it just brought me joy. Although the conversation turned into a little religious lecture, it did end on a positive note. She basically stated that I should do what makes me feel comfortable in my appearance. I’m unsure how to feel after this project. 

Apologies for not recording this instead of just having a single picture. I felt it would of altered our reactions, and it’s a bit too personal for me.

[dunlapel]

I can’t imagine how scary this must have been for you. This is something that has been bothering you for what seems like a long time and I’m glad this project gave you the opportunity to talk with your mom about it. It’s okay to feel unsure after something like that but I hope you feel more comfortable with wearing make up in your home in the future :)

[dunlapel]

Performance Artist of the Week #13

This weeks artist is Santiago Sierra and this performance is called Project 22. This performance requires the audience to interact with the large rectangular objects that are attached to the wall on one side. The audience is meant to pick up the other side and hold it horizontal. This piece is meant to represent the strenuous labor of the working class and demonstrate how much literal and metaphorical weight is put on their shoulders.

[dunlapel]

Performance Artist of the Week #12

The artist I choose this week is Mel O’Callaghan who is an Australian born artist who currently works out of Paris, France. Her performances typically involve instillation pieces and video. The piece featured above is titled Parade.

[dunlapel]

Project #4: Participation

This project was, in all honesty, the most fun I’ve had in this class. For my performance, I decided to play Super Smash Bros Ultimate with my boyfriend. He doesn’t really like being on camera but the fact that we were playing one of his favorite games made him more willing to make an appearance. We’ve been together for nearly 3 years and we always play this when we’re feeling a bit competitive. I used to be absolutely horrible at the game but over the years he taught me how to properly play and now I can sorta hold my ground against him in a fight. This game is almost nostalgic to me in a way because it helps me look back on the early part of our relationship where we played this all the time. Now with our busy schedules, we play it once in a blue moon. This game is always a fun experience to play with him because I can see how much I’ve improved overtime even if he always wins. I loved that I got to do a performance with him in it since he is such a big part of my life. I’m glad that I got this experience with him.

For reference in the video, I’m playing as Kirby and he is playing as Mewtwo

Strong language warning

[dunlapel]

Performance Artist of the Week #11

For this week, the artist I chose is Tehching Hsieh who is best known for his One Year performances. One was titled Cage Piece which featured Hsieh locked behind bars in his apartment where he was not allowed to read, watch tv, or speak for a full year. He shows incredible endurance in his performances and I find that fascinating