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Arts University Bournemouth Portfolio
Arts University Bournemouth Portfolio
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Trickling Ripples
Charcoal on paper
Expressing solid cotton material as if it functioned as liquid water.
How might material appear shiny, transparent, or hollow?
Liquid Chiaroscuro
Photograph
Golden, Colorado USA
Water study in which I stared at this scene for 10 minutes straight until my vision started to grow numb and fade. How might gravity affect the degree to which erosion occurs? Pictured is an icy, rushing river carrying runoff from a mountain. Which ocean will it end up in? How long will it take? How might this be synonymous with progression of human life into death?
Tidal Undulation
Graphite on paper
Circular, swell forms as they ebb and flow, expanding and contracting like a slinky. How does the ocean, so mysteriously, communicate the passage of time in ways no other element of nature can?
The Falls of the Ohio Installation
Charcoal on paper
I made rock rubbings on a rainy day with charcoal, which turned to ink when the rain penetrated the paper. Once the paper dried, they maintained the form of the stones they were once wrapped around. I then projected a video of the process in which these drawings were created.
The Falls of the Ohio Process
Film
A spatial study of stone texture in Clarksville, Indiana.
Oceanic Decay Sketchbook Process
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
Observing tidal rhythms juxtaposed against gravestones—alluding to seasons and cycles of life and death. How does erosion suggest the wearing away of boundaries? How might climate change through rising sea levels alter the way humanity perceives death?
Oceanic Forms
Ceramic
Experimenting with material to understand form. I plan to make handmade gravestones and plant them in the sand by the sea, allowing the water erosion to deplete the shoreline, exposing the bases of the gravestones and eventually washing them into the sea.
Sketchbook Process
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
Noting the passage from life to death. Like tides, humans are swept away into the sleep of death.
Boardwalk Diptych
Photography
Capturing line and space (positive and negative). We revisit familiar places but each time, the context changes as some elements are timeless while others remain temporal. Additionally, when boundaries are broken, objects are displaced and result in unfamiliar places.
Anchor Optics
Packaging
Sunglasses block sunlight from burning eyes. This visual identity engages a coastal audience that needs outdoor, lifestyle eyewear that prioritizes an adaptable, forgiving functionality.
Eye've Come to My Senses Eye Can't Do This Anymore
Digital
Handmade type anatomy reflecting alien-like qualities. At the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, I came to the end of myself with an insane amount of screentime intake that temporarily impaired my vision to the point of blur. The blue radial form represents the eye absorbing blue light as it is inundated with information from social networking platforms. My attention had been mined, and I will never reclaim that lost time.
Optical Maze
Digital, ink on paper
Linocut relief print reflecting the maze-like quality of the eyes as it navigates digital platforms. How is blue light damaging the future of eyesight? What are preventative measures we can take to protect our vision? What are the consequences if we do not?
Studio Space
Room
An ordinary process shot of random residue on a given day. What does space communicate when it is frozen, and no embodiment is present to inhabit it?
Ice Box
Acrylic and graphite on canvas
My Grampa loved to fish. He taught me how, near the Ice Box, when I was a boy. But now his body is old and cannot move—frozen like ice. With rising sea levels, this building, situated on the Atlantic Ocean, will be washed out to sea in a few decades. My Grampa's breakdown of mobility parallels with the breakdown of the Ice Box, due to erosion as form of decay. Additionally, the lack of visual resolution in this painting suggest an erosion of material and lack of fullness—just like erosion of land material.
Wave Nature
Experimental film media
Mount Desert Island, Maine
What is a wave? Where is the overlap between the physical and digital? What is the juxtaposition between the natural and synthetic, the organic and artificial? Why are waves endless and timeless? Why do they never cease to pause? Where is the blur between sea waves and screen waves?
IRD
Photography
"Circular" typeface drawn in graphite. Photographed. Projected on screen. Photographed on screen with exposure reduced and offset focus for grain to emerge. How does a name communicate the age of a person or their origin?
The blur in grain quality parallels with erosion of sand from the shoreline. Here, there is a washing away of typeform and loss of information.
Acrylic Slabs
Mixed media (recycled acrylic, tape, ink, sticker)
Homemade identification cards utilizing a distortion of the typeface Circular.
How might recycling familiar material disrupt the ordinary expectation for interaction and user experience? If recycling is inconvenient, is it still worth it?
Studio Self Portrait
Photography
Capturing embodiment in space and time. What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to be dead?
Stark & Shadow
Charcoal and chalk on paper
Scars, lines, and wrinkles depicting the aging process. With each gesture of emotion expressed, a deeper crease is marked and remembered by the body. Over time, we collect scars and wrinkles. This is not subtractive like erosion, but rather additive. Perhaps the marks of the body promote dignity and wisdom, not a deterioration of value.
Lost All Things
Collage
Depicting the loss of innocence and aging over the passage of time. The striped shirt suggests the linear quality of time. How might the erosion of memory with age change the way we perceive embodied presence and nostalgia? The paper forms represent the loss of memory. My goal is for the viewer to consider their own embodiment and proximity to their coming passing into death.