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background
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Thecol orof
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added.
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Mythoughtforthi
sartworkistoexpressands howthef rust
rat
ing,c onf
usi
ng,st
ruggl
ingf
eari
ng,orwor
ryi
ngemotionsthataroseduri
ngtheprocessoffi
ndingthetr
uth.Thisart
wor kmeanst omeas
t
hesearetheemot ionsIhavewhens earchi
ngforTruth,especiall
ywhenImus tchooseasideoronechoi
ceamongt oomanydi ff
erentvi
ewsandjudgment smadebydi f
ferentpeople.Des pi
tethat,I
f
oundthatsomet i
mesTr ut
hiss car
ytous .Becausek nowingthet ruthmeanswemaybei nvol
vedinmoretr
oubl
e,mor eresponsi
bil
it
y,moreharshreal
it
y.Forex ample,someoft hefri
endst hatare
ver
yk i
ndtoy oumightarejustuti
li
zi
ngy ou.Bydoingt hi
sproject,Iwanttoexpr
es st
hefeel
i
ngsandlockuptheseemot i
onsinthi
sar t
work,t
ell
i
ngmy sel
fthatIdon’
tneedt obet ooobs essedwiththe
endresul
t.

Aft
erconsi
deri
ngtheideasforthi
sproj
ect,It
ookt hesephotosofoneofmyf
ri
endstogetsomeprimaryresour
ces.ThereasonIphot ogr
aphedother’
sfacesist
hathei
smor eexpr
essi
vethanme.I
expl
ainedsomeofthes cenar
iosaboutt
hepr ocessofFindi
ngtheTrut
handhowthoseemotionscoul
dber i
sefrom t
hatpr
oces s.Thesepict
uresarewit
hfaceswit
hveryexpr
essi
veexpressi
onsand
somear emoresubt
le.I
’vealsotakenphotosthatareobscureduetot
hemoti
onofthi
sfr
iend’sexpr
essi
ons ot
hatitshowsas pecif
icmomentofhowhei sfrust
rat
i
ng.

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ial
sincludingthe
col
orpenc i
l,acyr
li
candt hef oam wr appingpaper s.Ifi
rst
pai
ntedwi ths ki
nc ol
orbyus ingac ryl
ic.Then,Ic utedthe
f
oam wr appi ngpaper sandar r
angedt hem basedont heir
st
ructur
e.Af t
ersti
ckingt hem ont hepaper ,Ipai ntedthe
mult
iplec olorsabovet hos ef oam wr appingpaper s.Even
t
hough It hinkI’ves ucc essfull
yut i
l
ized the materi
al,thi
s
workc reatesadi scus t
ingf eelingtov iewswhi chnott he
mainemot i
onIwoul dliket os how.

Foam paper

I
nt hesecondone,Idr awedwi thmanyl inesbyus ingc ol
or
pencil
.Iappli
edthinl
ineswi t
hmul ti
plecolorsincl
udingred,
purpl
e,blue,y ell
ow,green on t he kraftpaper.Fort he
hi
ghli
ghts,Iappl
iedwhiteac r
yli
cpaints.
Ithinktheus eofthe
deti
aled li
ne could ex pr
essed t he emot ion out qui t
e
Therearesomeofmy
ef
fecti
vel
y.Bydoi ngthis,Iam mor einsistwiththei deaof
usageofli
nesbot
hinpenandpenc
il
.Imak
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eofl
i
ne
I
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ALSKE
TCHE
S
f
ocus i
ngonl i
nesfort
hispr oj
ect.
quali
ti
es.

Thi sissi nglel i

necont our
drawingusi ngpen,ai mi ngto
Iuseapenc ilt
o
catchtheexpr essiveemot i
on.
outl
ineitsshape
Anar
tis
tins
pir
ati
on
Ilikethesket chbecauset he
f
irst
,thenus eda somer oughst rokesgivet he
pent odrewwi th emot ion a dynami cvi sual Iwasimpres sedbythestyleofNikos
somes har
k , effect
,asi ftheairaroundhi m Gyft
aki
s ’sartwork.Heus edli
nesto
brokenand wasshaki ngashevent edhis cr
eateaf l
uidfacethatal
sos howshis
cross-matchi
ng emoti
on.Ther ef
ore,Il
earnedthisuni
que
emot ions.It hen draw t he
st
ylefr
om him.
l
ines. faceswi t
hr ed,li
ghtgreenand
goldpainti
ngpen. Sel
fPor
tr
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1.Therearet hr
eecomposi t
ionideasIhaveon1 2 3
mypr ocreate.Thef i
rstonei san“ n”shape.
Cal der ,Idecidedt o
Thet wof acesont hesi dear efacingeach
choset odo other
,whi l
et hemiddlef acei ssqueezinghis
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three- dimensi onal eyes.Ont hegr ound,ther ear emanyci r
cles
ar t
wor kinsteadof thatcouldal soemphasi zet heconfusing,
AlexanderCal derisbestknownfor dr awi ngs.Forone,I f
rustr
ati
ng,andanxiousf eelings.
i
nvent ingthemobi l
e,amoving wi l
lliket ochal l
enge
abstractsculptur
e.Thesculpt
orof 2.Inmyseconddr aft
,Iarr
angedthem int
o
mysel fasI ’ve
thephot oont helef
twasmadeby nearlyaline,butIal
soformthem i
nasmal l
neverdone3D tr
iangleshape.Thefacesaremoreclosedt
o
him.Iwasi nspir
edbyhi swir
e
ar
twork.Second,Ithinkitcoul
dcr
eat
ea eachother.
sculpturesbecausehemadet he
l
ines3D. pr
omisingresul
tforthisproj
ect
.
3.Myl astdraftplanstoshow thefacesby
Thisisthef i
rstti
meIusewi resf or Iini
ti
all
ychosef ourf acesf rom myi deas hangingthem ont heceil
ing.Twofacesare
makingart.Thewi resarehar dsoi tis gatheri
ngpagef ormyi nst all
ati
onpi ece. sli
ght
lydownwhi l
ethemiddlefaceisupper
.
uneasytobendandconnectt hem. However ,I ’venot icedt het heor yin Thisisatriangularcompositi
onsothatiti
s
Itr
iedt oconnectt hem wi t
hsomewool enyar n. composi t
ion,“ Ruleofodds” .Itsuggest s stable,balanced,butatt hesamet i
me,
However ,theresul
tturnsbadast hest ructureis thatthesubj ectswi thoddnumber sar e fl
exi
ble.
t
ool oose.It houghtt
hatitmaybebet tertomake mor est rongandi nter estingt hanan
t
hef acewi t
honewi r
ewi thoutbr eaki ngt hem evennumber .Ther efore,I ’dl iket o
i
ntopar t
s.Oruset hewi restoconnectt hem. selectt hr eef acesi nst eadoff our.
Amongt hef ourf aces,Iabandonedt he
Aft
ert hen,Isuccessf ull
y made t he f ace by Iwast hinkingofdeci ding
fourt
hone.Il iket hecombi nationoft he
i
mitat i
ng the artwor
kf rom Al exanderCal der, onaspeci fi
cpointtopl ace
threef acesast hedi rectionoft heir
even t hough some ofi ts parts are nott oo thefl
ashl i
ght.Yet,Ilike
deli
cat e.Thisti
me,Iusedasof t
erwi retomake f aceswasonet ot hel eft,thet hir
di sto everyshadowef fectfrom
t
heshape. ther i
ght,andt hent hesecondf aceI anyper spective.
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ferentcolorcombi nations.her eare
sothattheycanvi ewt he
Dur ingt hemaki ngpr ocess,Ir ecallthe emotionalef f
ectofthi s
us e ofshadows i n Chi nese shadow i
nstall
ationf r
om any
puppet ry.I tusest heshadow puppet ry perspective.
thati shel dbetweenasour ceofl i
ghtand
at ranslucentscr eent ot ellstories.The
projection ofl i
ghton shadow puppet ry
creat esaver yfocusedenvi r
onmentt hat
bringsaudi encesi ntot hescene.Thi si s
wher eIgoti nspir
edf r
om andIal sohope
tobr i
ngani mmer siveenvi r
onmentt hat
bringsaudi encesi ntot hescene.Thi si s
where Igotinspir
ed from and Ial so hope t o br ing an i mmer sive
envir
onmenttoviewers.Therefor e,Ial soshonemyf lashli
ghtonwi res
t
ot hewall
.SinceIwoul dli
ket omakeanumberoff acesandpr oject
t
hem ontothewal l
,andasIwant edt heemot i
onf r
om t hef acest obe
moreclearonthewal l
,Ithi
nki twi llbebet terifImakef aceswi thonl y
oneaspectoftheface.
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Icompl etedawi r
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ation
i
nt hispr oj
ect.Itwasdi splayedi n
asmal l,dar kroom i nt he
exhi bitionhal l
,wher et hewi rewas
i
llumi nat edonl ybyt hel i
ghtofa
fl
ashl ight ,andt hel i
ghtcr eated
someshadows.Thesegi vet he
room ani mmer siveat mospher e,
andt hisar t
wor kal sogi vest he
vieweranoppor tunitytoshone
l
ightonanyper spect ives.
Per hapst heycanal soseesome
oft heirownshadowsi nt hiswor k
andf indsomepsychol ogi cal
comf ort.Theset hingsar ewhatI
thinki st hesuccessoft hiswor k.
Thr oughdoi ngt hispr oject ,I
l
ear nedsomemet hodsofusi ng
i
ronwi ret ocreat echar actersand
mademyr el
ativelysat isfactory
fi
rstinst all
aton.I
i naddi t
ion,
dur i
ngt hecour seoft hispr oject,I
l
ear nedhowt ousedi ff
er ent
mat er ialst ocreatedi fferentl i
ne
drawi ngs.I naddi tiont oaf ewof
thoset echni calchal l
enges,oneoft heot
herchal
l
engef
ormewast
hatIf
oundi
tdi
f
fi
cul
tatf
i
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all
ati
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Myoriginali
ntentionwit
ht hisprojectwast oexpressandshow t hefeeli
ngsoffr
ustrat
ion,conf
usion,struggle,fear,orworr
ythatari
sei
nthesear chfor
t
hetr
uth.Atthesamet i
me,I ’dliket olockupt heseemotionsinthisart
workandtel
lmysel ft
hatIdon'tneedt ogett ooobsessedwit
htheendresultwhen
Fi
ndi
ngt heTr h.I
ut ngener al,Ithi
nkt hisproj
ecthaschangedthedi r
ecti
onoftheart
ist
iccreati
onform ofthiswor k.Iwasgoingtodosomel i
nedr awings.
Duet
ot heinspi
rat
ionfr
om thear ti
stAlexander,Ichangedmyori
ginaldir
ecti
onandtur
nedt omakeani nst
all
ation.

WhenIkeepr ef
lecti
ngont hisinstal
lat
ion,andifIcoul
dstartagai
n,Iwil
laddavar iet
yofothersensoryst
imul
itogi
vetheaudiencesabetter
mul
t
i-di
mensi
onalexperi
ence.Forexample,Icanhavesomesenseofsmel
landhear
ing.Becauset
hefi
nalpr
esent
ati
onofmywor
kisonl
yavisualf
eel
i
ng.

Over
all
,thi
spr
ojecti
sabi
tchal
l
engi
ngf
ormeyetani
nter
est
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Whiles ett
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onmyf ol
lowingparts,
suchast het r
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s,t
he
positi
onsfortheobj ect
s,andthe
sett
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Whenl ooki
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makingprocess,I
f
indt hisphotoquitesati
sfyi
ng
bec ausethiswor kshowsadi st
inct
gradat i
onofbubbl esandthe
wire-man.Its howsas tr
ongs enseof
my sterysowhi chalsoari
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“Expl
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;Photogr
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t
hebubbles.Thehar dwireandaf ragil
ebubbl eisver
yc lear
,
andthi
sisthetensionthatIreall
ylikeinthispartoft
hes eri
es.

Thesef ew photosar ephot ogr aphedbef or

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t
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ll
ight
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ngt hesef
ort hepur poseofdec i
det hemodeoft he
camer a.Howev er,onceIupl oadphot ostomyl apt
op,
Iwasi mpressedbyt hisper s pect
iveandt hev isual
eff
ectsoft hephot os.Ir eall
yl ikethehighex posure
andIt hinki
tisahi ghl
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nal
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nthispar t
,Iphot ographedon part.That’sbec uaset
he
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her i
ghts i
deofwi re-
manwhos e l
argpar t
epr oporti
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handhast ouchedt hebubbl es. whitegiv eas enseof
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pleandv ivi
dc ol
orsof unc ert
ainty,whichist
he
bubblesar edisappear i
ngwhen f
eel i
ngIwantt heaudience
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st ouching t
ohav e.Sincei ti
s
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thathewa sprescr
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ngmor et hanfourdrugsa nda l
sogivingmeapr es
criptiontokeepinj
ecti
ngforawe e
k.Myf ather,whohad
studie
dal it
tl
eme di
cinebef ore,t
h oug
h tsome t
hingwa swr ong,sohese ntt hepre
scri
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ands howedh imwh a twash ap pe
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nga rou
n dmyn eck.Th e
nt heprof
essio naldoct
ortol
du snottob el
ievet
his,justpre
scri
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dr
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hbetweenfr
iends.Myfri
endsf
rom e
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ert
hesixt
hgra de
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highschool
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oweditseve
ralti
mesba se
donmyt rusti
nhi m.Although
someoft hepicture
shepos t
edofhisinjurieswer
equiteexagger
ated,l
ikeawe bca
m.ButIt houghtheha d
somethingel
seimpor tantt
odo,a ndIthoughthewouldgivei
tbacktome .Bute vent
ual
ly,If
oundoutheha d
defr
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hand.Myvei nwi llbepai nted
wi thgol dcol ors.Thepi l
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an i nfusion t ube wi l
l be
connect edt ot hegol dvei nof
myhand,aswel lasconnect ed
tot he gr eedy hands i nt he
other hal f par t of my box.
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ket hemoneyi sgoneawayf r
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