Category Studio Project: Identity Reconfigured
This mixed media sculpture made with clay, wire, and glass depicts the simultaneous contentment and chaos that exist within my mind.
Queer people are told a lot about how to be the right thing in the world, how acting as they want is unsafe for themselves and others. This control is not healthy, the use of a person’s body and their… Continue Reading →
This piece is a visual representation of the pressure to present happy/funny most of the time. I rely on my humor to shield me when I am struggling emotionally, so I won’t be seen as weak to others. I have… Continue Reading →
This is me and my cat, Cutter, he is 12 years old and has been with me forever (since I was nine). If you know me you know about my diabetic cat who follows me everywhere bagging for food and… Continue Reading →
When I meet new people, aura is a big part of their identity. To me, aura can be defined by someone’s body language, how they talk, and the overall feeling I get when I meet them. Sometimes, when I’m at… Continue Reading →
As a trans person I often find myself feeling envy when I see people or things that embody gender in a similar way to myself, but my physical body doesn’t match these feeling of gender leading me to feel envy…. Continue Reading →
“Alignment of the Mind, Body & Soul” is a B&W self-portrait that explores identity as a layered and evolving experience, shaped by the past, present and future, as well as cultural hybridity, memory and transformation. Through digital manipulation, i create… Continue Reading →
Identity is constantly being re-arranged and re-configured in response to the world. Here I use some song lyrics, where lyrics can inform how I make sense of myself and the world. I also use imagery from the indie puzzle game… Continue Reading →
piece is an embodiment of the change in my identity over the pandemic. Currently, I believe that I am a different version of myself than I Was at the start of covid. This was partly due to a change in… Continue Reading →
I often feel like my head is on a faster speed than my body, which tends to make verbal expression difficult. It usually leads to conversations that spiral and go on too long as I try to format my thoughts… Continue Reading →