TransDermal

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2018-05

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The conceptual and material basis for my work is centered around creating uncanny, liminal spaces where the viewer encounters a situation where they are encouraged to question some part of their reality. Skin, touch and memory are also key concepts explored in this exhibition. Memory can be the layering of experience, of creating and changing your own skin. Touch can be color, desire can be embodied. The title TransDermal operates on several levels in the context of the show. It serves as both of the title of the exhibition and the title of an interactive video installation. The figurative series Smash Cut, Rack Focus , and the interactive soft sculpture Transgressive Inversion round out the cast members. This exhibition layers meaning through the multiple interpretations of the titles, the interactions with, and between, the viewers, and interactions between member works.

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Thesis completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts degree in the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY.

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MFA thesis, textile, silicone, Mylar, Sine wave, urethane, Sculpture-Dimensional Studies

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