Art 109: Visual Dialogue

Category Studio Project: Identity Reconfigured

The human body is central to how we understand facets of identity such as gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity. Using the concept of Syncretism/Hybridity – as a state of being arrived through the innovation of mixing and borrowing, students created new representations of the self, formed and shaped in this particular moment of time.

Hair Day

Very end of a long hair day.

Growing

I combed three different pictures I took over the last three years. I know this might not look like a difference between them to you, but I see how much my identity has changed over the past three years. Who… Continue Reading →

shattered

I’m Trans. When I was a kid I had issues with the image and idea of my body, which I didn’t realize at the time was the beginnings of gender dysphoria. For a certain period of time, I got an… Continue Reading →

Patches of Identity

Patches of Identity represents the pieces of me I’ve seen together to create who I am. Pain and happiness are sewn into the very fabric of my life and they make me. It’s not perfect, the stitches can be seen,… Continue Reading →

Past, Present, and Future

This piece explores the idea of mixing and borrowing, as my chest has three heads—representing my past, my present, and my future, which is still undecided. The bud at the end symbolizes the future, which isn’t ready yet and therefore… Continue Reading →

To be completely honest, I was not too sure what made up my identity at first. But when I thought about it, I’m made up of many different emotions, and my strength comes from being able to get through difficult… Continue Reading →

Soundwaves

Digital painting, with contrasting colors. The feeling of the warmth of the sun on the body.

My Identity?

It’s been hard to figure out what to do for this one. It’s hard to describe me fully from the perspective of being myself, I sometimes feel all over the place. I just thought doodles would work, I like drawing… Continue Reading →

Identity deconstructed

I often feel I keep a cold or hard exterior, a facade or statuesque appearance to keep myself safe and keep others out. But, if you get through those walls and facades, there’s a world of swirling emotions and ideas… Continue Reading →

don’t wear it out!

I’m a generally very introspective person and a byproduct of that is being in an ongoing project to composite the best parts of me in hopes of lessening the less savory aspects. This was always a pretty big part of… Continue Reading →

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