35th Annual Student Research Conference
A Separation Between Myself and My things
Rianna Rice
Prof. Priya S. Kambli, Faculty Mentor
Where is the line between myself and my things? What about you and your things? My belongings define me, without them I am simply a naked body. Are belongings more significant than me? They will stand the test of time. They will remain when I am forgotten, a whisper of my identity.
Perhaps I want to be just another belonging. Belongings are loved and cherished. They do not endure fear, or sadness. I allow myself to be warmly enveloped by my surroundings, safely submerged in my environment, softly buried.
Here is where the body of work begins. In these photographs I am engulfed by mirrors, and swallowed by my clothing. Colors become simplistic and monotone; I am distorted.
People are not things, but perhaps made up of things. To draw a line between my belongings and I is to revoke personality. To separate is to sever identity, and erase memory.
Keywords: identity, belongings, things, memory, distorted
Topic(s):Art
Studio Art
Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
Session: 201-2
Location: SUB Alumni Room
Time: 10:30