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Sunshine Tourtillott 2024
No full textDEVOTED TO THE AFTERMATH IS AN EDUCATIONAL AND ARTIST JOURNEY EXPLORING GRIEF, LOSS, AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE. USING FOUR COMPONENTS TO HIGHLIGHT MY PERSONAL FEELINGS IN LOSING FAMILY.
I USE A COMBINATION OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CANOTYPE, SEWING, AND CREATIVE WRITING TO PROCESS MY THOUGHTS, FEELINGS, AND RESEARCH. MY PROJECT IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF GENEALOGY, RELIGION, AND GRIEF COUNSELING. USING MEDIUM FORMAT COLOR FILM, LIGHT, SHADOW, AND SHAPES TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS OF ISOLATION, MISSED OPPORTUNITY, AND LONELINESS. BUT THAT WASN’T ENOUGH. FOR A DECADE I HAD RESEARCH MY TOURTILLOTT FAMILY HISTORY GOING BACK TEN GENERATIONS. THIS PROCESS WAS VERY MUCH IN TUNE WITH THE LOSS OF FAMILY AND I WANTED TO INCLUDE THE FAMILY I HAD FOUND BUT KNOW I WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHING TANGIBLE THAT I COULD HOLD, THAT WOULD REMIND ME OF FAMILY.
THE PROCESS OF CYANOTYPE AND SEWING WAS THAT PERFECT EXPRESSION. TAKING AND PROCESSING THE IMAGES, CUTTING THE COTTON FABRIC, DYING THAT FABRIC AND PROCESSING IT OUTSIDE GAVE ME LAYERS OF TIME TO CONNECT WITH EACH STEP AND MY EMOTIONS. PROCESSING THE CANOTYPES GAVE ME THE SPACE AND TIME TO SIT WITH WHAT I WAS CREATING, TO MAKE BONDED DECISIONS, AND MEET MY ANCESTORS. THE THIRD COMPONENT IS MY MEMOIR WHICH IS CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITTEN IN A DAIRY FORMAT. I DISCOVERED LANGUAGE TOWARD THE END OF THIS PROJECT AND COULD SEE THAT IN ORDER TO FULLY COMPLETE THE CIRCLE OF MY GRIEF FOR MYSELF AND MY AUDIENCE I NEED TO WRITE AND PRINT A MEMOIR. IT'S RAW, REAL, EMOTIONAL, AND HONEST
Student Presenting Bouquet of Flowers to Mr. Alfonso Guzmán
No full textPhotograph of a student handing a bouquet of flowers to Mr. Alfonso Guzmán during his dedication ceremony
Table of Vegetables
No full textPhotograph of a picnic table filled with vegetables harvested by Mr. Alfonso Guzmán, shared with attendees of his dedication ceremony
Isaac Soto 2024
No full textHeavy Liquid explores instability and bodily transformation through the visceral qualities of painting. Drawing inspiration from surrealism, cosmic horror, and bodily metamorphosis, the work is influenced by films such as Alien (1979) and The Thing (1982). Through experimentation and a commitment to unpredictability, the series evokes the uncanny and unsettling, challenging conventional perceptions.
Comprising three paintings—Engorged Exit, Cavity Search Jungle, and Putrid Corruption—Heavy Liquid invites viewers into a visceral confrontation with the unknown. The work reflects a personal journey of breaking habits, embracing imperfections, and exploring the fluidity of form. These paintings examine themes of transformation and the instability of flesh, dissolving boundaries between abstraction and reality
Ale Uriarte 2024
No full textThis is a visual development project, in which I developed a story around three young witches who are all misfits in their own disciplines. In a world in which magic is slowly disappearing, and you can only practice the kind of magic you are born with. An unconventional friendship is born between a healer who would rather break bones instead of fixing them, a necromancer terrified of the dark and everything spooky, and a summoner who is unable to summon in the conventional way who comes from a background of all witches with food related powers.
In this project I will show character designs, interactions, prop and background designs and key story moments, which I plan to develop further once I graduate into a visual novel or, if possible, an animated project pitch in the future
