Thesis Show: Detox

Obviously it's been quite a while since I've posted. I didn't realize how much my last three weeks of school really took a toll on me until it was all truly over. All the time I spent preparing to make my show "a thing" was summed up in two 3 hour openings on May 2nd & May 3rd. It was amazing to see how everything came together. It was also extremely draining to see all my hard work come down so abruptly. The show was up from the 2nd to the 8th, but it literally took me 20 min to take down it was hard to swallow the bittersweet truth that it was all over. Anyways here is a long overdue recap of everything that all went down. Enjoy!

Final prep before the video shoot

Dyed tights & footies just for detail, I cant get over these colors!

A little handmade inspiration for my sculpture pieces. Making these little ladies are so fun!

Combinations: Synesthesia

Creative Direction: Keturah Benson

When I hear music, I see color. I wasn’t aware that this was not the case for everyone else around me, but the idea of sound transferred into light seems quite natural to me. Synesthesia is the subjective sensation of a sense other than the one being stimulated. For example, a sound may evoke sensations of color. Synesthesia is also known as the neurological condition that causes a blending of the senses. This sensation has long been linked to creativity.

For this piece I imagined the colors I felt would best evoke sensibility, and once I decided on them I searched for a minimalistic sound to best express them. With sound comes motion, searching for movement that would best convey the colors I imagined for this piece fell into place when I honed in on specific gestures I became heavily attracted to. Once I had a complete vision of the direction I wanted to go in I reached out to the people who I felt could elaborate on my vision, bring it to life, and make it stronger.

  In my collaboration with dancers, a musician, and a filmmaker I demonstrate the complex interplay between personal experience and artistic creation. Creating form with color, movement and dimensional sound I am able to translate ethereal experiences tangibly.

Dancers: Erin Burgmayer, Vanessa Miller, Nina Pollutri, Kelsey Holley

Videographer: Javier Parra

Music Composer: William Colella 

                                                

    Behind the scenes of Combinations: Synesthesia

Right to left: Kelsey Holley, Nina Pollutri, Vanessa Miller, Erin Burgmayer

                                                                    Final Show Card

(Edited by me)

With the exception of my live dancers this was my instillation for the show. Simple & Clean.

Combinations Live

The Craft & Material Studies space was beautiful

I had the video on loop in the space for those who missed the performance.

Unfortunately these forms have yet to be professionally photographed, but the line quality is beautiful.

More post coming soon! Now that I'm out of school I will be sure to post any sketches for new ideas I have. Leave lots of feedback guys! I appreciate it all!

Oh P.S. I graduated!  =)