Title of Abstract
Connections
Session Title
Other Abstracts
Faculty Mentor
Claudia O'Steen, M.F.A.| Shaun Cassidy, M.F.A.| Mark Hamilton, B.F.A.
College
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Department
Fine Arts
Abstract
Connections explores the relationship between humans and nature through digital photographs and sculpture. While observing nature, I started to notice similarities between people and the natural world. Nature is all around us and can easily be taken for granted, so I use my work to ask the viewer to consider their relationship to it. There is a sense of connection formed between people and nature. Nature has an element of calmness to it and this is the main emotion that I focus on with the photographs and sculptural work. There are six photographs of models in various styles of dress to represent this calmness. I pose the models in ways that mimic nature. The photographs are shot in locations where the grass is green, where the trees are bare alongside a river, and where the trees have leaves on them. Additionally, I use my editing process to amplify the soft feel within the photographs. Another component of my work is a sculpture installed in a small light controlled gallery space. This work consists of a large five sided box. The design on the exterior of the box consists of cutouts of leaves, branches, and silhouettes of the models in the photographs. There is a light in the interior of the box to cast shadows on the wall. Using a combination of sculpture, light, and photography, Connections asks the viewer to reflect on their relationship with nature.
Connections
Connections explores the relationship between humans and nature through digital photographs and sculpture. While observing nature, I started to notice similarities between people and the natural world. Nature is all around us and can easily be taken for granted, so I use my work to ask the viewer to consider their relationship to it. There is a sense of connection formed between people and nature. Nature has an element of calmness to it and this is the main emotion that I focus on with the photographs and sculptural work. There are six photographs of models in various styles of dress to represent this calmness. I pose the models in ways that mimic nature. The photographs are shot in locations where the grass is green, where the trees are bare alongside a river, and where the trees have leaves on them. Additionally, I use my editing process to amplify the soft feel within the photographs. Another component of my work is a sculpture installed in a small light controlled gallery space. This work consists of a large five sided box. The design on the exterior of the box consists of cutouts of leaves, branches, and silhouettes of the models in the photographs. There is a light in the interior of the box to cast shadows on the wall. Using a combination of sculpture, light, and photography, Connections asks the viewer to reflect on their relationship with nature.
