Monday, April 18, 2011

Resume

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Thank you!

I owe many thanks to...
Friends
Family
UM A&D faculty and staff
IP Section 5 peers
Meltfaces Instructors
   Nick Tobier
   Ed West
   Reed Esslinger-Payet
   Sarah Bereley

Special thanks to...
Sean Patrick
Chanel Von Habsburg-Lothringen
Michael Syron

And many others! THANK YOU!

Artist Statement


I stand.                                   
I wait.

You watch.
You throw.
                
 It hits.

I wince.
    
It falls.

I search.                       

You wait.

I find.                       
I return.                                   

You take.

I stand.                                   
I wait.

You watch.
You throw.
                
 It hits.

I wince.
    
It falls.

I search.                       

You wait.

I find.                       
I return.                                   

You take.

I stand.
I wait.
I wait.
I wait…

Choices...

After narrowing down potential performances from 67 to my top 10 ideas, and having severe difficulties making any kind of decision of which to perform, I decided to perform/do a test/experiment of each of my top 10 picks. A performance a day for 10 days.

After doing so I then narrowed down my choices to my top 3.

I finally made the decision of which piece to present during the UM A&D senior thesis show.

I would be blindfolded (wearing all white of course) in an all white space. I would offer and bag of black chalk to the audience who would then throw it at me. Upon impact black residue would remain on my clothes, the floor, and the wall mimicking bruises. After the bag hit and fell I would then search for it (still blindfolded). Once found I would return it to the audience to repeated over and over again.

Before / After

Before















After

Process Photos

Sketches




















Test hits on the wall
Painting the floor boards
















Making the bags



Printing off photos (Photography: Michael Syron)
Setting up in the gallery
















Photos from 4/15/2011 Performance

Stills from performance