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Paper Tear

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Process of Paper Tear Projects 1 and 2

This piece was extremely personal to me to make. I had to do a lot of internal search in order to do it. It is a statement of my processing over a year and half after my own sexual assault. This piece found me in a way. I knew I want to do something destructive. When I am anxious I rip paper thus I wanted to show that. But then I was given the trojan condom instruction sheets, these papers gave me an outlet for all of the frustration I felt after my experience. I have a longer version of this piece that is about 10 mins long thus I will not show it in class but it was a way for my to express myself without the limitation of time. The experience of doing the piece then was especial hard for me because my current partner was my camera person. It was the first time he saw the piece, he got emotional with me making the actions more real. I can only thank him for his steady hands and this class for allowing me to find an outlet for my feels. The version of this piece I will show in class wa