3 research outputs found
Building Belonging: Assertions in Marginalized Spaces
No full textI write and make art from my distinct point of view—which is, that there is no place like home. Because home is a notion tied so deeply to the idea of belonging, to not belong means to be home-less. Since belonging is tethered to inclusion, the multiple exclusions of those who have been marginalized because of identity can lead to life trajectories where, in fact, there is no home.
My work centers on the ideas of belonging, home and hybrid identities. It is through the specificity of my own experience, that I explore the ways that a multifaceted identity, in conjunction with an outlook found in the idea of existential migration, allows for me to access to diverse worlds and experiences. Dual (or multiple) belongings may feel contradictory, as to be divided in the union of two disparate identifications can lead to a feeling of never quite belonging to either. In this position, rejecting belonging altogether may be a solution. Through storytelling, this document, and the work it was born from, makes the claim that those who have experienced the pain of not belonging have a duty to notice and react against situations where others are persecuted or excluded. In fact, a history of un-belonging firmly places one in a discerning position to detect instances and spaces of un-belonging.
A search for home and a place of belonging can extend to any of us. In my work, I use narrative and art as a tool to prise apart and expose small fissures in social interactions that can weaken their foundations and eventually destroy them. In the space left after the rubble, I propose that we build anew, together
MFA15 (MFA 2015)
No full textCatalogue of a culminating student exhibition held at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, May 1 - August 2, 2015 . Introduction / Heather Corcoran and Patricia Olynyk -- Diana Casanova / Emily J. Hanson -- Andrea M. Coates : in the operating theater / Stephanie Dering -- Margaux Crump -- Brandon Daniels -- Addoley Dzegede : do you prefer answers or truth? / Aaron Coleman -- Vita Eruhimovitz -- Carling Hale -- Amanda Helman -- Mike Helms / Ming Ying Hong -- Ming Ying Hong / Emily J. Hanson -- Sea A Joung / Ervin Malakaj -- Stephanie Kang / Jeremy Shipley -- Dayna Jean Kriz / Andrew Johnson -- Thomas Moore : you should move to the city / Nathaniel Rosenthalis -- Jacob Muldowney -- Laurel Panella / Garrett Clough -- Caitlin Penny -- On the bridge, between Juarez and El Paso / Eric Lyle Schultz -- Jeremy Shipley -- Emmeline Solomon -- Kellie Spano / Margaux Crump -- Michael Aaron Williams -- Austin R. Wolf : monumental labor / Adam Turl.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/1015/thumbnail.jp
MFA14 (MFA 2014)
No full textCatalogue of a culminating student exhibition held at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, May 9-August 3, 2014. Contents include Introduction / Buzz Spector and Patricia Olynyk -- David Baker / Katie McGinnis -- Amber bloom ; Mop cask ; Sullen fluff ; Frothy Shiraz ; Aquatic jaws ; Smoking trumpets ; Lake feigned goose flap / Steve Byrnes -- Nathan Childs : the affliction a strange weight, the weight a plume of pain, the pain a shrill desire / Aaron Coleman -- Christopher Chrome / Marianne Rosa Laury -- Shayna Cohn / Cassie Jones -- Alyse Cole / Nicholas Tamarkin -- Joshua Cornelis -- Evan Crankshaw -- Seth Czaplewski / Emily J. Hanson -- Kathryn Douglas / Addoley Dzegede -- SkyMark mourning / Sean Fitzgibbons -- Raleigh Gardiner -- Liz Guilmet / Benjamin Meiners -- Adam Hogan / Cole Lu -- Cassie Jones : repetitive motion imageries / Jessica A. Hutchins -- Christy Kirk : birthright / Phillip B. Williams -- Marianne Rosa Laury / Christopher Chrome -- Cole Lu / Gillian Tobin -- Chris Lujan / Emily J. Hanson -- Ashley Milow / Nhu Nguyen -- Whitney Polich -- Jessie Shinn -- The chronotope / Rosalynn Stovall -- Tried to be everything ; Crazy little telephone ; Room to breathe / Daniel Stumeier -- Gillian Tobin -- Sopearb Touch / Gabriel Feldman -- Contributors -- About the Sam Fox School.https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/1011/thumbnail.jp
