SMP Midterm

Vanessa-
Her project is the creation of a fox world. Throughout it she uses the image of an anthropomorphized fox and objects that relate to the fox. The objects are in the framework of a girl's posessions, but with a fox answer. Some of the issues brought up in the discussion included: Confusion over a photoshopped Cosmo cover because it seemed less related to the story of the objects. People also emphasized the importance of having the mark of the fox on all of the objects, so that the message is clear because all of the issues had not been resolved.
Jeannie-
She describes her sculptures as self portraiture. These portraits show repressed emotions seepting out of them through the use of materials. She says they represent what she feels she cannot publiclly express. The sculptures are on the floor and the material is kept pure without coloration. The sculptures are interrelated by the use of the braid in each. The question of how these will be displayed in an environment and how that will effect the way a viewer relates to the pieces both separately and as a whole.
Erica-
Her display has desks with chairs. There are various objects on the desks and instructions for someone to perform once they sit down at the desk. At one desk there is a page that says please sign in and there is a pen in a container with gold leaf. This was meant to make the action of writing and reading permenant, but the gold seemed to cause people not to want to touch it. At the other desk there were cards that were to be sorted into categories and ones that were not should be cut. There were also pens and a sign on this desk besides the cards. The problem that was brought up the most was how she could get the audience to expirience the piece the way it was intended as people are often unwilling to disturb what is seen as artwork.
Hilary-
Hilary has color nature photography ina square format. She says that these photographs come from walks she takes, making the journey of her walk just as significant to her as the work. She is seeking to be emersed in the landscape. By using the square, she is subverting what is traditionally thought of as landscape. At the time, she was trying different methods of presentation that have the phtoographs mounted slightly off the wall. The problems she faced was mostly in the determination of which photographs to be used, and how they would relate to eachother in the installation.