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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Jess Pope (S 21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nMy process\/thesis paper reflects the methodology of how I create and think about my artistic practice. My work challenges the value system under a patriarchal society, shining a light, through art and performance, on the injustices placed upon marginalized communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/p>\nWho, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\nMy work is in conversation with feminist and queer themes and theory, with an underlying dose of Christianity and religion. I am also fascinated by trauma on a cellular level and its connection to ancestral lineage. My work is about storytelling through the medium of body\/self in collaboration with the moving image and video. Body art and performance art surface our embeddedness in the determinations of meaning and value.<\/p>\n
Some of the artists that I gain inspiration from are Ana Mendieta<\/a>, Carolee Schneemann<\/a>, Yayoi Kusama<\/a>, Hannah Wilke<\/a>, Audre Lorde<\/a>, and so many others. I am interested in the intersection of femininity, sexuality, and queer theory and culture. It is this intersection where I reside, and within this marginalized crack that my work takes form.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nHow did VCFA change your approach to thinking about your studio practice and your community at home? <\/strong><\/p>\nBefore coming to VCFA, I just started exploring research-based work. Before this program, the company I had been dancing with leaned into the personal experience. What this program has done for me was to encourage me to look beyond the individual, to research the theories and laws, and explore why we find ourselves in the positions we reside.<\/p>\n
For me, I now see my work through a phenomenological feminist lens. I noticed how I experience the world around me and how minute-by-minute meanings can change and shift. It has taught me to become aware of the basic structure of life and fueled me to create art that can impact by changing the parts that I don\u2019t believe are fair or just. It has also allowed me the time and space to discover how I process and channel this information through my artistic practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWho were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\nSantiago Echeverry<\/a><\/p>\nMark Jeffery<\/a><\/p>\nKate Donnelly<\/a><\/p>\nZun Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>Jess Pope 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\nSemester 1:<\/p>\n
NSTASIA – Chains<\/a><\/p>\nLeikeli47 – Girl Blunt<\/a><\/p>\nFelix Mendelssohn – Allegro Molto Appassionato<\/a><\/p>\nSemester 2:<\/p>\n
King Princess \u2013 1950<\/a><\/p>\nQueen and David Bowie \u2013 Under Pressure<\/a><\/p>\nDolly Parton \u2013 Jolene<\/a><\/p>\nSemester 3:<\/p>\n
Django Reinhardt \u2013 Minor Swing<\/a><\/p>\nDuke Ellington & John Coltrane \u2013 In a Sentimental Mood<\/a><\/p>\nErykah Badu \u2013 Cleva<\/a><\/p>\nSemester 4:<\/p>\n
Chappell Roan \u2013 Pink Pony Club<\/a><\/p>\nQueen \u2013 I Want to Break Free<\/a><\/p>\nSigur R\u00f3s \u2013 Untitled 1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\nDina (Anita Diamant, The Red Tent)<\/a><\/p>\nThe Jabberwocky (Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky)<\/a><\/p>\nReno (Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers)<\/a><\/p>\n
getting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Jess Pope (S 21)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n My process\/thesis paper reflects the methodology of how I create and think about my artistic practice. My work challenges the value system under a patriarchal society, shining a light, through art and performance, on the injustices placed upon marginalized communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div> Who, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\n My work is in conversation with feminist and queer themes and theory, with an underlying dose of Christianity and religion. I am also fascinated by trauma on a cellular level and its connection to ancestral lineage. My work is about storytelling through the medium of body\/self in collaboration with the moving image and video. Body art and performance art surface our embeddedness in the determinations of meaning and value.<\/p>\n Some of the artists that I gain inspiration from are Ana Mendieta<\/a>, Carolee Schneemann<\/a>, Yayoi Kusama<\/a>, Hannah Wilke<\/a>, Audre Lorde<\/a>, and so many others. I am interested in the intersection of femininity, sexuality, and queer theory and culture. It is this intersection where I reside, and within this marginalized crack that my work takes form.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n How did VCFA change your approach to thinking about your studio practice and your community at home? <\/strong><\/p>\n Before coming to VCFA, I just started exploring research-based work. Before this program, the company I had been dancing with leaned into the personal experience. What this program has done for me was to encourage me to look beyond the individual, to research the theories and laws, and explore why we find ourselves in the positions we reside.<\/p>\n For me, I now see my work through a phenomenological feminist lens. I noticed how I experience the world around me and how minute-by-minute meanings can change and shift. It has taught me to become aware of the basic structure of life and fueled me to create art that can impact by changing the parts that I don\u2019t believe are fair or just. It has also allowed me the time and space to discover how I process and channel this information through my artistic practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n Santiago Echeverry<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Jeffery<\/a><\/p>\n Kate Donnelly<\/a><\/p>\n Zun Lee<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n Semester 1:<\/p>\n NSTASIA – Chains<\/a><\/p>\n Leikeli47 – Girl Blunt<\/a><\/p>\n Felix Mendelssohn – Allegro Molto Appassionato<\/a><\/p>\n Semester 2:<\/p>\n King Princess \u2013 1950<\/a><\/p>\n Queen and David Bowie \u2013 Under Pressure<\/a><\/p>\n Dolly Parton \u2013 Jolene<\/a><\/p>\n Semester 3:<\/p>\n Django Reinhardt \u2013 Minor Swing<\/a><\/p>\n Duke Ellington & John Coltrane \u2013 In a Sentimental Mood<\/a><\/p>\n Erykah Badu \u2013 Cleva<\/a><\/p>\n Semester 4:<\/p>\n Chappell Roan \u2013 Pink Pony Club<\/a><\/p>\n Queen \u2013 I Want to Break Free<\/a><\/p>\n Sigur R\u00f3s \u2013 Untitled 1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n Dina (Anita Diamant, The Red Tent)<\/a><\/p>\n The Jabberwocky (Lewis Carroll, Jabberwocky)<\/a><\/p>\n Reno (Rachel Kushner, The Flamethrowers)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>Jess Pope 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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