Topic Four: Landscape, Landscape—Ambitious, In-Depth Assignment
During this beach visit near an art gallery I once visited in North Miami, I analyzed my environment a little bit more closely, centering myself in the nonmaterial field of possibilities. I thought about the relationship people have to Earth through a dark consumerist lens. I also meditated upon the human body and the duty we have to subvert harmful objectification that media continuously profits from. Do you notice the nuances of every step you take when visiting a location? Of every smell? Is there a biological duty we have to nature? Is technology inhibiting this natural synchronicity? Who is the creator? Is the creator a collaboration of sorts? After asking Jessie if she wanted to participate in a landscape project I was working on, we decided to visit remote area on Key Biscayne. I brought a hand cut pearl fabric, see- through blue fabrics and different viewfinders to test different spectacles. I asked her "what is one thing that people assume of you and the truth to t...
