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Viral Interventions: Read

Viral Intervention: Identify

Viral Intervention: Compose

Viral Intervention: Present (Final)

Viral Intervention: Barbara Kruger (QCQ)

Viral Intervention: Proposal

Viral Intervention: Final Proposal

Viral Intervention: Tasks

Viral Intervention: Timeline

Viral Intervention: Budget

Viral Intervention: Process

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Task List: Viral Intervention:

3 Proposal for Viral Intervention:

" I really took time off and tried to figure out what it might mean to call myself an artist."

I selected this quote because it really spoke out to me as an artist. The more that I integrate myself into this environment, the more I understand how complicated and confusing it is to find where you belong and who you are. As the semesters go by and I speak with my peers about what their aspirations are, I realize that this is a common occurrence. Most of us are experimenting and learning as we go. When I first chose art as a career, I believed that I was going to lean towards realism, landscapes, and still lifes. The more I get to participate in my classes, the more I realize that I love abstract art and sculpture pieces. The act of experimenting with different materials and surprising myself with the outcome reassures me of my love for art. This is why I truly believe that it is essential to take time off to ask ourselves what it is that we want out of art and out of being an artist. Do we want to express our inner feelings? Do we want to depict the world through our experiences? Do we want to highlight sociopolitical events? There are so many more questions that we must ask ourselves to understand who we are as an artists and what we aim to achieve.

Final Documentation of Viral Intervention:

The video you see here is a display of our experiences, showing the phrase "They are swindling away our rights" in a public setting. We chose the beach as the setting for our project because we felt that we would stand out with our very white shirts with red letters and our jeans. As we got to the beach, we decided that the best way to carry out our message was to hold hands as we maneuvered around the crowded shoreline. This caused attention, and we had people taking pictures of us and videos. We had two women speak to us and ask us what we were doing. They were very kind and thanked us for bringing awareness of the current political state of this country. As we navigated around the people at the beach, I felt a sense of pride. I felt comfortable with the message we were displaying, and the act of holding hands brought a sense of community and strength that encouraged me to keep going. Once we left the shore, we decided to parade around a crowded area that hosts restaurants with outdoor seating. As we were walking, I made sure to force people to have eye contact with me, which was effective in getting more people to read our shirts. As we walked, we got an abundance of stares, and we got a couple of thumbs up. That is when we had our second verbal interaction with a lovely couple. They applauded us for our bravery in standing up for what we believe, and they asked us what rights were being taken from us. This gave us the opportunity to speak to them about immigration, women's rights, gay and queer rights, voting rights, and etc. Overall, we had a very positive experience on our outing. This has encouraged me to further speak about the injustices that have been raining on us since the start of the current administration. This has also encouraged me to keep promoting the importance of informing ourselves and staying aware of what is currently happening, regardless of how exhausting it is.

Progress Pics for Viral Intervention:

Sentence:

Plaster Ideas

Plaster Process

Plaster Final Project (P.6 Self)

Blind Contour

Mindful Draft

Wire Project Final (P.7 Mindfulness)

Perception StoryBoard

Perception Video Final (P.8 Perceptions)

Installation Ideas

Installation Research

Installation Final: "Wonder for the sake of it"

For this project, I decided to express wonder and the necessity of overcoming my fear of aging. Every single year around my birthday I feel a wave of dread and sadness. The weight of aging and the constant piling of pressure and responsibilities make me overwhelmed and anxious. I rarely let myself celebrate or feel happy for growing a year older. This year, however, I have been taking it one day at a time and trying to implement the sense of wonder for everything in my life. My installation consists of inconsistently stacked boxes wrapped in fabric to mimic a canvas. On the "canvas," you can see a thick paint freely and abstractly depicting brushstrokes and marks. This piece also consists of thin fabric "flowing" out of the boxes. This fabric is meant to mimic the flow of paint. I intended to showcase my love for abstract art and how it lets me forget about who I am and instead provides an escape to the world of the unknown and undefined. There is no pressure in this world and art can exist just for the sake of it as can I.

Materials:

Different sized cardboard boxes

3 small thick canvases

scraps of different colored fabrics

Hot Glue

White Gesso

Cotton twill

Acrylic Paint

Cornstarch