3D Breadth
My 3D portfolio requires a breadth and a concentration which were created from a variety of different mediums, techniques, styles and concepts. I believe that the breadth should show my range of ability as well as my creative complexities.
3D Concentration
My
concentration focuses on the shared, archetypal experiences we value as a part
of our current selves and our hold on our childhood. No matter the culture,
gender or economic status, we are all unified by developmental turning points
brought on by our brain growth and environmental influences. To allow the
audience to recall their memories, I used people on each piece for a
performance. Each experience we have matures us into adults and allows us to
understand punishment, wonder, and death.
As
children, we are exposed to many concepts that create our personality as an
adult. Piece (1) represents our curiosity we have about nature, which is seen
through the stone and glass. As people pour water over the model boats, it
spiritually reminds us of our curiosity for life. The second work (2)
demonstrates how we learn about consequences by taking what is not ours. When
we eat the cookie from the jar, we learn how punishments and rewards change as
we age. The third sculpture (3) illustrates the story of a stork bringing
children to the parents as opposed to the truth about sex and birth. While it
is suspended from our body, we symbolically carry the fallacies as a part of
our final personality. Similarly, piece (4) has each building block act as a
marionette to symbolize how we need whimsy and passion in education to retain
and advance our understanding of the world. Number (5) reflects the loss of
innocence seen through the concept of death. The incense is burned and knocked
over to simulate the destruction and fear that death introduces into our
personality. Artwork (6) focuses on the anxiety and confusion associated with
separation articulated through the separation of a person and their special toy
they share their life with.
