The Senior Project (without projection performance)

This Performance Art piece is made up of layers of artistic work, which I believe is essential in any true art piece. I have painted the images that are compiled in the slides used, composed the accompanying music, and directed all movement in the performance. The piece is a symbol of the important connection between my paintings and theatrical performance. Painting, like most art, requires an important interaction between the art and the viewer. Meaning, the viewer is 3D while the painting is 2D, which will always provide a gap in understanding between the two dimensions. For this reason modern artists have tired to make representational painting illegitimate in the modern world, especially figural painting. I hope to become a moving part of my paintings by reacting and reflecting the projections. I will become a 3D moving aspect of the fixed-2D paintings becoming part of the story literally, like I would have the viewers of my paintings do in their own mind. I have often referred to my art as empty sets and here I am filling it for the viewer. I hope to create the very real reactions that a viewer might get in their own minds on this stage mending the gap between the 2D and 3D worlds.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• performance art
• art
• painting
• composing