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Jason Yi in Time and Space

Jason Yi's artwork very often takes on the context of time and space. One of the things that really stood out to me during his talk was his background in architecture, which shapes the way he looks at a space.  Location can dictate what we see and change our perception of what we see. The structure and design of a room tells us how to use it. “Terraform” for me embodies these two statements. The lines of the statues follow a certain pattern, even when I don’t necessarily understand why they are present. When standing in a certain spot of the room, all the cones point to a certain light, which is directed at the three pieces on the wall. These small relationships transform a space and the things within it into a cohesive and beautiful environment. "Familiar" In terms of his other projects, “Familiar” represented for me the nature of our existence, which is made up of moments that stand out to us, and define us. They form a pattern in spa
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I've titled this Structuring Perspectives Into Triangles. Enjoy!

AM Photography

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I took all of these photos in Guatemala circa. 2012

My Structured World

Prompt: Write a blog post about your new blog introducing yourself and describing your world. When I look at a prompt like this, especially for something that I know will be scrutinized and picked over and graded, I start to panic. I immediately begin to look for more criteria, more guidelines that will tell me exactly how I need to respond to such a question that will produce the most favorable response from my peers and my superiors. When faced with such a broad yet surprisingly personal question, the only response that I could think of to give is: Structured. My world is structured. And I am a product of my structured environment. And, if my art is an extension of me, my art is also structured. I came to this conclusion after my frantic search for more guidelines to shape my response to this prompt. And it's true! I'm currently following an archetype of the white middle class woman, taking classes that demand a set amount of work, conducting interactions based on co
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My first stop motion video called Fish Out of H2O .