Thesis 2

 Thesis 2: Honors Studio 




February 17, 2025 (Progress Update: March 19, 2025 & May 20, 2025) 

cheesecloth, wool, acrylic paint, spray paint, beads, dye, wire, yarn, glue, stamps, clay, wire mesh 

My biggest weakness is negligence in taking care of myself. The smaller figures born from mouths, embrace each other in an infinite circle, gaping at each other, as to ask themselves how they even got into this situation in the first place. This piece explores a phrase recurring in my brain that I saw in Greer Lankton's MoMA installation: "I swear to become my body (1977)." Because my thesis explores all the ways and the ways I limit myself when I could be expressive, this piece is meant to be a vessel for the mind through the entwining bodies, becoming unbound by inhibiting yourself, looking for a way out in other people even though the only solution is to grab hold of your own person first. My brain is a bus station and I limit myself to what I think I can do. 

Inspired by Laurie Anderson's Four Talks installation at the Hirshorn Museum in Washington D.C. (that I got to see in January!) some of the legs and arms will have text and/or imagery, meant to convey consciousness in its written form. Prose is an indicator of a person's psyche and inner monologue. How easily they can convey these ideas is sometimes, but not always, represented this way. 

When brainstorming this piece, I also looked at Louise Bourgeois's work with cloth and sewing and creating life size forms. I think where our ideas part ways is my process of sewing, using both wire and yarn, cutting and ripping each strip of cheesecloth randomly and then piecing them together. I liked how this turned out for the legs so far, varying in size and direction. I also tried to be more intentional about what I actually paint. Previously I had viewed it as more of an abstract representation. This synthesis of materials is reminiscent of my Uncovering mask project though reimagined, and the process of how I dye and manipulate the cheesecloth fabric is also posted there. 

Their timely deaths upon taking down the show was something I enjoyed. I feel like it's quite cinematic.







FIRST SKETCH/INITIAL BRAINSTORM 


CLAY FACES PROCESS: 


Some initial brainstorming for reconfiguring design. 











"BODIES" 












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