Category Archives: Class Artist Statements

In creating this project, I realized that I needed to portray an object that has a personal level connection to create a much more compelling video. There are things in life that we never knew would bring so much impact and change in us. In my example, it is the guitar that I have had […]

As a musician I have always felt that I was missing something tremendously by not partaking in the visual art field and I would like to change that. I want to add mediums through which I can express myself, sometimes music is not the correct medium or the one I wish to use and I […]

Dig a little deeper with your artists statements!  Each component that everyone has written about could be expanded.  What is the every day?  What is vibrancy?  What is a close up?  What are hands doing in a POV shot?  We can find a lot of meaning in very simple things.  If your video seems more […]

In my video I basically presented the harmony of different cultures. It shows how different cultures may share similar features. I wanted to show that how two completely different products related to different cultures can be consumed in the same way that I have never thought about. It surprised me when I had realized this […]

I created a portrait of a vacuum for Project 1. I accomplished this by utilizing my creativity to ideate, pencil and paper to plan, camera to capture, Premiere to transfer into the digital world, and Vimeo to view. I am doing this in order to further my design portfolio and understanding of video. I want […]

My work explores my attempt in capturing my subject on cultural, personal, or minimalistic scenarios. I believe in the power of simplicity and symmetry to best artistically express myself in my creation but I am open to experimenting on different styles and strategies. For this particular project, for example, I played and experimented a lot with angles and compositions for […]

This portrait of an onion in its beginning conception was replaced by an artichoke. The artichoke was chosen as a reflection on myself. The artichoke and onion both have layers much how I see myself. The shift from myself to the onion came when I realized that onions serve a purpose. To be prepared, sensual-ized, […]