Life Size Installation
Process
For my life size installation, I initially wanted to do the piece I did for my model installation but I wasn’t able to figure out how I could pull that off in such a big scale so I opted for my second idea instead. My second idea was inspired by an artist that was mentioned in my sound class where this artist created instruments out of different objects that have different sonic frequencies. For his latest piece, he was to use ancient vases from the Met’s collection and utilize their frequencies to create an instrument artists can play. That made me wonder what type of sounds I could make out of the objects in my room. I compiled a bunch of objects that I thought made sounds unique to them and I hung them from the ceiling with ropes which would allow me to interact with them and see all the different sound combinations I could or an audience could potentially make.
Documentation
Model Installation
Proposal
I tend to make art that deals with personal experiences and struggles because I feel that way I can truly connect to the piece I am making and process these events in my life that have had a huge impact on me by channeling them into a tangible form. For this project, I was inspired by one of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s pieces where he compiled candy that weighed as much as his partner who passed away from AIDS. The audience is encouraged to interact with the piece by taking away candy which is supposed to signify Gonzales-Torres’s partner passing away. I was really touched by this installation and thought the interactive element made the piece all the more effective. I wanted to incorporate the taking away process in my piece as well and it fit the subject I wanted to talk about perfectly. My piece is about the time I had anorexia. It signifies an insecurity that was brought on to me from a young age. I was a really chubby kid and that was a problem for my parents. They would force me into diets, hide food from me, fat shame me, get mad at me for eating and just take away food from me. When I was young, I didn’t get it. I was content with how I was and was more worried that they wouldn’t let me eat in piece. However, as I hit puberty, all of this got the best of me and I had a lot of body dysmorphia which led to me starving myself because nothing else would work. I remember getting really skinny to the point my muscles started dissolving. I remember crying even at the sight of a salad because I was so scared to gain all the weight back. People were loving it though, especially my parents. Finally, I was a daughter they could be proud of. Eventually, they realized that my state wasn’t healthy and I began going to therapy but it took a while for any of us, even me, to get to the realization that I wasn’t fine. This installation is an ode to that experience.
2D Rendering
3D Rendering
