Due 4/22
● Reflective five-paragraph essay: 3 pages
● Final presentations are in 3 weeks. WHAT WOULD YOU PRESENT IF THESIS WERE DUE TODAY.
● Strengths, weaknesses of your project.
For my thesis, I have not solved any issues or dilemmas, I have merely created multiple visual representations, through the mediums of painting and projection mapping, that both depict and signify my growth over the past few years, through the use of motifs of nature. Why have I decided to use these mediums? I’ve always been a painter. I find painting freeing and it’s one of the only things that I can do without overthinking. One of my favorite parts about painting is the movement. In particular, my movements when I’m painting different strokes; the movement of the paint on the canvas; and the illusion of movement in a finished painting. However, I often find that paintings, no matter how many layers are tacked onto the canvas, still turn out too flat. So, I thought I’d take it to the next level and add another medium into play: projection mapping. I wanted to bring projection mapping into the mix to achieve more texture, depth and movement to each piece – my goal for my thesis.
My Thesis idea consists of a series of paintings with projections that abstractly depict the different stages of my personal growth over the years, as well as, depict my personal relationship with nature now and over the years. It is a reflection on my different stages from before getting accepted into Parsons, my time during Parsons and where I am now, now that my time at Parsons is coming to an end. Each painting and projection represent how I’m changing, how my views are changing and how my moods are changing. I will always have a bad day, but I will also always have a good day just like the weather. I, as well, will always continue to change just like the weather. My Thesis consists of three paintings – my more innocent self; my in-between self and my more jaded, adult self – and three projections. The projections are manipulated pictures and videos of places that I consider home during different stages of my life and, as well, different types of seasons and weather.
