Browsing by Subject "Time-based art"

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    (2017) Bielicki, Kevin; Hull, Greg
    Kevin Bielicki's work investigates intersections and boundaries between painting and sculpture. His work often exists on the wall, but maintains a visual and physical connection to the space occupied by the viewer. Compositionally, his ribbon-like forms use repetition as a method of expressing movement and the passage of time. The modular nature of these pieces allows them to be reinstalled in different configurations that respond to each new space they occupy. Kevin relates this method of working with something similar to gestural painting in abstract expressionism. He also sees these works as organic responses to the spaces his work inhabits. Drawing from this personal experience working with Bonsai, he imagines the qualities of each space influencing the growth and composition his sculptural forms take.
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    Sugar Works: An Artistic Exploration of Diabetes
    (2019) Jandernoa, Andrea; Riede, Danielle
    My visual work articulates the complexity of chronic illness by exploring personal implications of medical treatment. I manipulate sugar in ways that reflect my own experiences as a diabetic. Using sugar allows me to situate social, emotional and sensory experiences within an organic material that changes over time. I use sugar in forms that are vulnerable to the environment and ultimately deteriorate. This fragility and slow-motion-loss embody the emotional consequences of treating diabetes and evoke common experiences of unpredictability and hyper-vigilance. From this studio practice I designed an arts-based research study to teach sugar pulling to diabetic patients. This study supports participants as they develop the language and metaphors needed to articulate their social and emotional experiences. By emphasizing patient perspectives this study contributes to the understanding of patient compliance, self-care and diabetes support. Both my visual work and this study leverage the material properties of sugar to enable meaning-making and increase visibility for the social and emotional aspects of living with diabetes. Through experiencing my work in these two forms, I hope viewers will find a neutral space to contemplate the contradiction and uncertainty that often emerges alongside chronic illness.