Exhibition Date: December 2023
Class 119
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정신(Jeongsin)
- Sejin An
Jeongsin means ‘mind’. I want to show people my mental world through this project. I am busy thinking about social problems, the ocean, the future, or the past every day. The reason why I made a mask for this project is because I want to express myself inside, not just my outer appearance. I used various materials to express my complex thoughts. I expressed these thoughts through various moods, not just one aesthetic, adding my interest in dolls, piercings, animal fur, or favorite colors, so it is a work that contains all my tastes.
Materials: Paper box, Stockings, Fur, Pearl, String, Beads ,Lace, Gems, Styrofoam, Clay, and Earrings
Boredom
- Jaemin Ryu
This artwork reflects a deep love for stop-motion animation, a passion that began in childhood. I've always been intrigued by the idea of bringing everyday moments to life through animation. This piece isn't just about the technical side of stop-motion; it's about expressing the dull moments that fill our days.
Stop-motion is a careful art, where each small movement is created one frame at a time. It's a slow process, but in that slowness, there's something special. I find beauty in the boring parts of life, and that's what I want to show. Even in what seems dull, there can be surprises—odd and unique things that catch our eye.
The character in the work represents me. Through this work, I show the boring emotions I usually feel. At the same time, you can also see how hard it is to stay still if you look at this work. I feel frustrated if my boring feelings persist. I expressed it as an image that was on the verge of exploding.
Materials: Clay, wires, bandage, cardboard box and acrylic paint
Inner Heart
- Yifei Wang
In wire and mask, I created this piece: "Inner heart". With this piece, I wanted to express a phrase I read in a book, "Attitude is the mask of the heart". That is to say, the attitude that people show on the outside is often a kind of cover or disguise for the real feeling on the inside. In other words, sometimes people may cover up or hide their true feelings or thoughts through a superficial attitude. This may be for reasons of social etiquette, cultural background, or to protect themselves.
I would like to use this work to express an inconsistency that may exist in people's socialization and emotional expression, that is, outward attitudes do not always reflect the true feelings inside. It also reminds us to remain understanding and sensitive when interacting with others, as there may be deeper emotions and thoughts behind.
Through this work I hope that people can be less hypocritical and more sincere with each other.
Materials: Wire, Masks and Lights
Dreaming 1 & 2
- Paulina Pamonmontri
I created this artwork to symbolize the challenge of moving on from old beliefs. It's a tough journey because these beliefs have been with me since childhood. I've witnessed many people, represented by the city in my piece, who initially let go of their old beliefs but ended up returning to them, which is a common struggle. I was inspired by game artwork from Halo Mythos: A guide to the story of Halo, and Mega Man Zero: Official Complete Works, which also inspired my personal project. I researched one of the artists from the Halo art book, Sparth as he is the first person who got me interested in Halo and the sci-fi genre in the first place. I want everyone to look at the city and feel the heavy pull of it, preventing them from leaving. I think the girl on the second painting will inspire them to depart from something they need to leave behind and move forward. The artworks are in digital form as I have a background of using Adobe Photoshop for two years and I want to gauge how long it takes to complete much larger artworks.
Materials: Pen tablet, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro
Trapped
- Justine Jang
I created this artwork because I used to keep to myself a lot, feeling lonely most of the time. I sense that my younger self is trying to break free from some barrier deep down.
The ideas I've explored with this piece involve expressing my true self, and what captivates me about this project is how anxiety can isolate and harm a person. The inspiration for this project comes from my memories and current struggles. I chose the color black for the box because it shows the darkness of no way out. The figure represents my younger self trapped, and the window shows that there is light and optimism in the hope that I can break out of my shell.
Now that I've done this project it brought everything what was on my mind to art. I think I can break out of my shell I can open more of ideas and open to people.
Materials: Carboard box, Acrylic paint, Molding clay
1/3 Human
- Heather McLean
Being born a triplet, I have always had two sisters who look like me, talk like me, and even think like me - their names are Molly and Jill. As a kid, at times, it was frustrating for us three to be perceived as one person.
Though, as I have grown up alongside my sisters, we have embraced our similarities and appreciate our differences. I created my art piece, “1/3 Human,” to represent self-reflection, identity, and the importance of a sister bond.
The three heads face each other with eyes closed, and are connected by a red thread which is an expression of the soul connection me and my sisters have. The gold cracks on the main head are symbolic to growth and change, along with the ability to embrace my self as my own person.
Materials: Air-dry clay, styrofoam heads, paper mache, red thread.
BADDIE - Toxic Trends Doll Deluxe Styling Head
- Meg Herlihy
The face you’re born with is merely a first draft.
The inspiration behind BADDIE came from personal experiences growing up chronically online and enriched by the capitalism and consumerism of Western culture. I was inspired by my vulnerable and insecure years following toxic beauty trends that left me painfully nipped and picked at, fried and dried and horrifyingly, in the pursuit of clear skin, chemically burned. The pressure for visually attractive perfectionism has skyrocketed with the boom of social media, and easy accessibility and democratization of cosmetics and plastic surgery have promoted toxic trends for individuals to ‘keep up’ with what’s considered hot. There is an unspoken discourse on social media that the face you’re born with is merely a preliminary sketch for surgeons to ‘fix.’
My process utilized mixed mediums of foam, paper, clay, acrylic paint, carbonated plastic, and found objects in my vanity cabinet. I molded the silhouette alluding to my favorite childhood toy - the Barbie Doll Deluxe Styling Head.
As viewers engage with BADDIE, I invite them to explore their relationship with social media and the toxic trends they may be following or have once tried discovering in the pursuit of happiness; it caused more discomfort than visual attractiveness.
What is in your BADDIE - TOXIC TRENDS DOLL DELUXE STYLING HEAD toy box?
Materials: Foam, Paper, Clay, Acrylic paint, Carbonated plastic & Found objects
Rain
- Rayne Sathitsatthatham
The idea was to come up with the meaning of my name, 'Rain.’ I would like to create the motion of rain for my artwork, using its calmness to make people feel calm after experiencing it. Nowadays, the world is full of stress from a variety of problems that are occurring. My visual artwork contains scenes of rain from various perspectives to represent the different problems that are happening. However, the rain stops in the end to symbolize that every problem will reach its conclusion someday, just like the rain that always stops. The Japanese rain doll serves to bring about good weather and prevent rainy days, symbolizing the hope that problems will dissipate as soon as possible.
Many problems in my life have not yet reached their ending, much like everyone else in the world. Instead of being drawn into the problems, let's enjoy watching them and wait for the ending together.
Materials: iPad, Procreate, Adobe After effect, Adobe Premier Pro, Adobe Animate
喉から手が出るほど欲しい
- Shimon Oberst
What I have attempted to express through this work is what I have been thinking about recently. In Japan, where I come from, there is a saying,「喉から手が出るほど欲しい」
The literal translation means "I want it so much that I can get my hands out of my throat.” These days there are many things, situations, and statuses that I want from the bottom of my heart. To express what is in my heart, I drew many hands trying to grab something. What is the thing you want most right now? If you can relate to it, please let me know.
Materials: Pencil on Paper
The Library
- Marina Chiti
I have always been drawn to the idea of preserving memories, feelings and experiences. As a child I remember watching my mom create scrapbooks from trips, birthdays, and weddings, so working on this project, for me, was a perfect opportunity to pay homage to my past.
The Library is about myself, the passage of time and the longing for change, creating a physical representation of a safe environment I can flee to and a way to cherish the path, finding beauty in simplicity and on myself.
The Library is a collection of three hand made books, adorned with poems, pictures, sketches, etc, divided into: The Garden: depicting seasons and change, The Boy: depicting expression and relationships and The Body: representing the relations of self with the environment.
Materials: Paper, Thread, Pictures, Fabric, Dried leaves, Flowers and Moss, Resin frames.
Look at Me
- Brooklyn Lemcke
Look at Me is my take on a unique self-portrait of myself, Brooklyn Lemcke. Look at Me started as a series of portraits all portraying typically negative emotions. I decided to merge the three strongest emotions into one piece, as they are all a part of one person. I chose to do self-portraits because I find that I am guilty of hiding these emotions from others. Also, in using one subject, I put more emphasis on the emotions themselves rather than the person being portrayed. I find it interesting how no matter where people come from or what experiences they’ve lived, we all feel this need to hide “negative” emotions from the people around us. For healthy communication and healthy relationships, people must learn to be honest about all their emotions and feelings to each other. My piece is very straightforward and demands the viewer’s attention to these emotions: sadness, pride, and anger.
Materials: Graphite, Pen, & Marker
Neighbor of History
- Taiichiro Kamio
Since my childhood, I have been interested in archaeology and history. This was because I felt as if I was witnessing the process of building a modern society. What we perceive as unchanging today is not unchanging, but is continuously changing over time. It could be said that humans and all the animals living in the world are still evolving. But is evolution really about the further development of life? I do not think so. Evolution is change itself, and just as time is immutable, evolution is universal and always present.
Materials: Clay
Opening
- TJ Kim
In media, doors are metaphorically used as overcoming obstacles or entering to a new world. I thought it has lots of relation with the feelings I’ve had ever since my childhood. As a child, I always found talking about my interests difficult. It always felt stupid compared to other people’s interests, so I always hid what I liked and never told people around me. But at the same time, I always wanted someone to share the interest with.
I wanted to express that contradictory emotion with my work by using a door. A door can be used as entry and exit, which I thought shows the duality of the feeling that I wanted to convey.
I am hoping that heavy tall door gives the viewers impression of holding back on opening to the unknown world, but at the same time it can give the excitement of questioning what is on the other side of the door.
Materials: Wood
Q-munity
- Charles Mahler
The queer community is one that has been marked by struggle for as long as it has existed. Both from external forces and in-fighting. I have personally felt the effects of the heavy pressure within the community to not only find and stick with a specific label, but to be willing to disclose those labels to complete strangers. I’ve talked at length with other queer people in my life about struggles they’ve faced within the community, and the theme of segregation came up time and time again.
Each poster is intended as a reflection of the different ways people have said made them feel separated or unwelcome in the queer community. From a trans man who will never forget the ‘LGB drop the T’ movement, to an asexual person who has felt isolated by popular media, to a trans feminine person unsure how her presentation intersects with her identity.
Materials: Watercolour and Acrylic paint, Watercolour marker on Mixed Media Paper
Find Some Time
- Harnoor Garcha
As a kid I always saw my father recording everything on his camcorder, from priceless moments with family, to something seemlingly insignificant like the birds, but it’s when he set it up, and took stills of the waves and sunset, those are the shots that stuck with me. A yellow circle turning pink as it sets, all in vhs quality.
I wanted elements of the video to be a sort of tribute to my father, and for the music to reflect the feeling I got watching those pixelated waves for the first time.
I've produced music in the past, but just instrumentals. I've done songwriting before and was always interested in putting my voice on a track, I initially wanted to put my vocals on this song and have it be my first but I guess im not over the fear yet. The words on the screen are the lyrics I've wrote, and what I would've said. I tried really hard to but couldnt get over it mentally, I promise myself to work on that fear soon, if not on this song I'll make another, and another until I finally just get over it.
I hope anyone listening will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it
Materials: Audio/Video, Fl Studio 21 and Premiere Pro
Piece by Piece
- Jasmine Hamed
Inspired by the works of Shintaro Ohata.
For a while, I've struggled with confronting my fear of vulnerability around other people. I've finally reached a point in my life where I found the courage to create an honest representation of my inner thoughts.
Piece by piece is about the idea of self-perception, how constantly overthinking about the way others view me has grown into an obsession that disrupts and takes over many aspects of my everyday life.
The puzzle pieces are used as a metaphor for my confusion and contemplation, the sculpture represents me detaching from myself and trying to figure out who I am.
Materials: Watercolor paint, acrylic paint modeling clay, mirror panel
