Final Project Link

https://youtu.be/AQ__v9sPFKs

For my final installation project, I was curious to see what people's opinion on college is. Many people feel that their education they receieve does not match up to the value of the cost to the school. I have heard the complaint many times and figured why not have people choose a side? My installation College Value came from a curiousity of knowing college students opinions on the matter.

What I learned that many people complain about the value of the college but don't take an interest in wanting to change that reality. Many people ignored my installation or barely glanced at it. Those who took an genuine interest picked the positive side of things which is interesting considering the amount of people I hear complain about the college experience. Overall, people are more or less satisfied also depending upon their major and their location as well as the experience with others and their friends. This was an eye opening experience for me.

Final Project Progress Post 3

Final Project Progress Post 2

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/11/americans-see-value-higher-education-survey-finds-are-unhappy-current-system

https://www.wgbh.org/news/education/2018/09/16/new-poll-finds-americans-believe-college-is-worth-attending-but-not-necessary-to-get-ahead

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/many-americans-regret-their-college-choices/3923373.html

These are articles I have read for part of my research for this project. This data from these articles as well as my own data will help me create the stats and phrases I will use for my projection.

F Project Progress Post 1

Here is the silhouette I plan to use for my projection where people can place themselves in front of when they choose how they identify when it comes to collegiate satisfaction.

Final Artist Research

Jim Campbell

Jim Campbell is an artist who has been active since 1992 according to his CV. He has created many commissions, received many awards, been apart of group and self expositions and apart of public collections.  He has made relevant work even up until March 2018.

The artwork that caught my eye was the shadow buddha. I thought it was interesting how he took a box and made a shadow of a person sitting down. I didnt realize he used a buddha for a shadow. It reminds of the idea of the shadows for my final project that I would like to use.

http://www.jimcampbell.tv/portfolio/installations/shadow_for_heisenberg/

Final Project Proposal

For my final project I want to create a commentary in which the audience is an active participant of placing themselves in the environment they choose to identify with. The topic I wish to bring to life is the idea of college and if it is worth the amount of money is costs for most people to attend. Are we getting the most out of our education and if not, how come?

My projection will have two silhouettes of people standing in a space. Above them will have different facts, phrases, words scrolling above them that have to do with the two categories: satisfied with college or dissatisfied with college. It would be up to the participant to choose which silhouette to stand in, indicating on which stance they take.

April 9th- Project proposal
April 11-14th- Do research on college satisfactory and get opinions from others around campus
Make projection silhouttes
April 15th-18th- Find projection space and film several times to get more partcipation
April 19th-30th Edit footage together

Project 3 Documentation

Artist Statement:

When beginning something new, nobody is immediately an expert or perfect at it. Along the way, there will be people or things to guide you on your journey to help you learn. In this project, I knew I wanted a dance to be involved. Through the process of thinking thoroughly about that story I wanted to convey and the help of Mads Waterman and Lucas Esteves, we are able to show the message of it is okay to not be perfect and it is okay to stumble sometimes along the way. The dance is a message of learning from others. The dancer Mads starts out as a projection and comes into the real world due to Lucas's newfound confidence in his abilities.

With anything in life you are going to make mistakes. You are going to not understand or not know how to do something at first. Instead of letting yourself get down about, you try and try again until you get it right. The dance conveys that it is okay to look to others for guidance in order to do your best. Even if you are more confident in your abilities and you are getting the hang of it, in life it is still okay to make mistakes along the way as long as you keep on pushing through. That is what the dance and the projection represents.

link to video:
https://youtu.be/3ug9YmN4dDM