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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Nico Lima (W 22)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nWriting the process paper has involved more introspection than I have ever done before. It was also the most writing i\u2019d ever done about myself and my practice. My Grad Exhibition work feels like a complete transformation of my practice, rooted in my collaboration with ecology to generate a nourishing culture for Earthlings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Harrisons<\/a><\/p>\nClaire Pentecost<\/a><\/p>\nCandice Lin<\/a><\/p>\nRay Johnson<\/a><\/p>\nThe New York Correspondence School<\/a><\/p>\nThe Arte Povera Movement of the 70\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\nI\u2019m interested in that blurry space between science and art which yields experiences that neither can generate on their own.<\/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>\nVCFA pushed me to not take anything at face value; to flip ideas around and approach them from many viewpoints. Also, to be critical of the material and context of my work. I can not go back to a linear practice; everything is now a potential art material or idea.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWho were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\nI got to work with some brilliant mentors in the past two years.<\/p>\n
Abbas Akhavan<\/a> (The Illuminated Loiterer)<\/p>\nKate Donnelly<\/a> (a.k.a. Lady Donnelly)<\/p>\nSumru Tekin<\/a> (a.k.a. Jedi Master Sumru)<\/p>\nFaith Wilding<\/a> (The Shaman)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>Nico Lima - Studio, 2022<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n1st Semester: Colony Collapse<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n2nd Semester: ATTENTION FARMERS<\/em><\/p>\n3rd Semester: Lab Notes: Whale Bacon\/Unesu\/<\/em>\u30a6\u30cd\u30b9<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n4th Semester: Kitchen Garden<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>Nico Lima - Studio 2022<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\nSherlock Holmes<\/a><\/p>\nHe is the best blend of detective, scientist, bon vivant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWhat, or who, should you like to be \u2013 if not yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\nIf I could be another creature, I\u2019d be a Mantis Shrimp<\/a>; they have technicolor ultra-vision, and the fastest punch of any boxer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
getting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Nico Lima (W 22)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Writing the process paper has involved more introspection than I have ever done before. It was also the most writing i\u2019d ever done about myself and my practice. My Grad Exhibition work feels like a complete transformation of my practice, rooted in my collaboration with ecology to generate a nourishing culture for Earthlings.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Harrisons<\/a><\/p>\n Claire Pentecost<\/a><\/p>\n Candice Lin<\/a><\/p>\n Ray Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n The New York Correspondence School<\/a><\/p>\n The Arte Povera Movement of the 70\u2019s<\/a><\/p>\n I\u2019m interested in that blurry space between science and art which yields experiences that neither can generate on their own.<\/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 VCFA pushed me to not take anything at face value; to flip ideas around and approach them from many viewpoints. Also, to be critical of the material and context of my work. I can not go back to a linear practice; everything is now a potential art material or idea.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n I got to work with some brilliant mentors in the past two years.<\/p>\n Abbas Akhavan<\/a> (The Illuminated Loiterer)<\/p>\n Kate Donnelly<\/a> (a.k.a. Lady Donnelly)<\/p>\n Sumru Tekin<\/a> (a.k.a. Jedi Master Sumru)<\/p>\n Faith Wilding<\/a> (The Shaman)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st Semester: Colony Collapse<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n 2nd Semester: ATTENTION FARMERS<\/em><\/p>\n 3rd Semester: Lab Notes: Whale Bacon\/Unesu\/<\/em>\u30a6\u30cd\u30b9<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n 4th Semester: Kitchen Garden<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n Sherlock Holmes<\/a><\/p>\n He is the best blend of detective, scientist, bon vivant.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What, or who, should you like to be \u2013 if not yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n If I could be another creature, I\u2019d be a Mantis Shrimp<\/a>; they have technicolor ultra-vision, and the fastest punch of any boxer.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>Nico Lima - Studio, 2022<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>Nico Lima - Studio 2022<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n
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