Camille Hoffman Pieceable Kingdom
1.What do her materials have to do with this statement?
Her materials include things like plastic table cloths used during celebration and holiday; they are disposable and made in China which is relevant to the many contradictions in her work. Table cloths made by poorly treated workers in China who mass produce such things contradicts the idea of celebration—usually a time of purity and joy.
2. How does she Hybridize?
Camille hybridizes by using common items that may be considered cheesy at times and then hybridizing it with this conceptual idea that surrounds something common but not cheesy, rather depressing and so real in a current climate of the world.
3. What has she discovered by accident through her process?
While working in a space that she didn’t have full control over she learned how to fully immerse the work into the space and began expanding until the point where the viewers were participating in the work and becoming almost a part of it. The floor being this sort of ugly carpet sparked the idea of using different tiles and a bathroom floor type of sticker that hid the carpet and made it so the viewers were standing directly on top of the work, making it that much more effective in support to her message.
4. What have been her breakthroughs as an artist working on this show?
Working on this show expanded her ideas of her own work, and she was able to retrieve information from her viewers. Camille spoke about how as an artist we create artwork with undeveloped intentions and we are able to fill in the gaps with the opinions and ideas that others make of the work. I think as an artist when you are able to understand your pieces and the meaning of them once you expose it to others, then that really becomes a sort of breakthrough.
5. What were unforeseen challenges that she discovered?
The challenges she discovered were within the space she was given to place her work, she struggled with the quantity of work that should be shown and the idea of it as an instillation.
6. What is your favorite thing about this exhibition/ favorite piece? Explain why.
My favorite piece of the exhibition was “Landing” as the chicken wire and paper pulp created such a beautiful image and it felt fully complete, as if there was nothing she needed to add or take away. I love the materials that she used and how tangible and texturized it looks.
