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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Graduating Student:<\/strong> Brian Divis (S 21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\nMy process paper is titled \u201cTaken as Gospel: The Fallacy of Absolutes in Social Consciousness and Midwestern Craft\u201d. It highlights my studies in philosophy and sociology by questioning the truthfulness of our objective opinions due to a socially constructed reality. It is guided by the notion that acceptance of a perpetual fluctuation in our own cultural orientation, as well as that of others, is a crucial dynamic in achieving human empathy and understanding. <\/em><\/p>\nThe work in my graduate exhibition explores these ideas by complicating the tactile perceptions and knowledge of objects in our shared space, prompting an awareness in physical orientation, and fostering an understanding of the forces at play in the formation of our objective opinions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\nMy work is in conversation with the traditions of painting and light. The sculptural surfaces push the latent possibilities of materials we think we know, allowing the forgettably familiar to masquerade as something approaching the uncanny and create a tactile reflective surface worthy of reverence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWho were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\nSarah Krepp<\/a><\/p>\nMatthew Girson<\/a><\/p>\nAllison Wade<\/a><\/p>\nSam Jaffe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>Brian Divis 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\nSemester 1: Tyler Ramsey – For The Morning<\/a><\/p>\nSemester 2: Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book<\/a><\/p>\nSemester 3: Glass Animals – How To Be A Human Being<\/a><\/p>\nSemester 4: Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>Brian Divis 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhere do you live?<\/strong><\/p>\nI am based in Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
getting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Graduating Student:<\/strong> Brian Divis (S 21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n My process paper is titled \u201cTaken as Gospel: The Fallacy of Absolutes in Social Consciousness and Midwestern Craft\u201d. It highlights my studies in philosophy and sociology by questioning the truthfulness of our objective opinions due to a socially constructed reality. It is guided by the notion that acceptance of a perpetual fluctuation in our own cultural orientation, as well as that of others, is a crucial dynamic in achieving human empathy and understanding. <\/em><\/p>\n The work in my graduate exhibition explores these ideas by complicating the tactile perceptions and knowledge of objects in our shared space, prompting an awareness in physical orientation, and fostering an understanding of the forces at play in the formation of our objective opinions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\n My work is in conversation with the traditions of painting and light. The sculptural surfaces push the latent possibilities of materials we think we know, allowing the forgettably familiar to masquerade as something approaching the uncanny and create a tactile reflective surface worthy of reverence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n Sarah Krepp<\/a><\/p>\n Matthew Girson<\/a><\/p>\n Allison Wade<\/a><\/p>\n Sam Jaffe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n Semester 1: Tyler Ramsey – For The Morning<\/a><\/p>\n Semester 2: Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book<\/a><\/p>\n Semester 3: Glass Animals – How To Be A Human Being<\/a><\/p>\n Semester 4: Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger In The Alps<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Where do you live?<\/strong><\/p>\n I am based in Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>Brian Divis 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>Brian Divis 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>Brian Divis 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>Brian Divis 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n