I did not have hours in a residency this week so I kept myself busy making art! In my Installation and Performance class, I am working on a performance in which I am dressed as a sheet ghost (the classic children’s costume that is just a white sheet with eye holes cut into it). In conjunction with this, I have wanted to take photographs of myself as the ghost in a natural setting; I have also wanted to shoot large format film again since it has been a semester and I miss it. I went to Cedar Lake with a 4x5 field camera and shot in amongst the trees and on the lake. I haven’t had the chance to develop the film yet but I am looking forward to seeing the results. It was fulfilling to make something that wasn’t specifically for a class or client.
In Art and Community, we are wrapping up our first project in which we were tasked to explore the genre of socially engaged art by developing a community art project in a community that is important to us. I worked with my roommates and facilitated an event that aimed to bring us together in the space that we share. I am working on the final step of this project, the reflection, which includes a presentation that shares the information and skills that I have gained through the process with the class.
Below are a couple of behind the scenes photos that my partner took while we were shooting on the lake.
