Category Studio Project: Identity Reconfigured
With this piece, I was inspired by the importance of process that we learned about in class. Lately I have been thinking a lot about how when we are born we are essentially just a blank canvas, waiting to be… Continue Reading →
I have an extremely hard time knowing what I look like. I feel as though I am always someone else, or a copy of multiple people, and in turn, I never really know who I am. Even when looking at… Continue Reading →
In creating this I was heavily inspired by Ana Mendieta, and how she chooses to embed her body in nature in different ways. I used sidewalk chalk to create an outline of a body on the concrete, and blended different… Continue Reading →
Queer in Color-By: Clover Chavez This edited photograph symbolizes heteronormativity. This post has the goal of outlining my queer inentity feeling like pop of color seen against the black and white background and people, representing a heterosexual world. This also… Continue Reading →
For me, my identity has always changed throughout my entire life. I’ve represented and identified myself in numerous ways as I’ve grown up, learning new things throughout each stage of my life. What never changed is the things that have… Continue Reading →
The metallic spikes in this picture represent insecurities stemming from a desire for perfection.
This photo is intentionally low-quality, since it was taken using my childhood 3DS in a similar style to how kid me would’ve taken a photo. The intention of the photo is that it appears like a forgotten memory hidden deep… Continue Reading →
For this work, I went for two similar images in the background with different memories attached. On the right is a display of age and physical identity with the left being more internal things such as personality and background.
This piece shows the relationship between identity and academic burnout. The circles on the side show functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scans starting with a scan of someone without mental illness and moving down to a scan of a… Continue Reading →