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.
Start Date
15-4-2023 12:00 PM
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.
