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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Tori JD (W 22)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\nMy Process Paper follows my studio work through my semesters at VCFA. Both my Process Paper and Grad Exhibition work investigate the relationship we have with objects. In my exhibition I am exploring the relationship between artist and artwork, and the correlation to the relationship between artwork and audience, and how this relationship can be extended. I question what is possible in a gallery space, and how the experience of the artist in process can be translated through the work and to the participants.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\nThe work and writings of Lygia Clark<\/a> speak to the importance of the moment of encounter. She questions how both participant and artwork transform in that moment and analyzes what is left after the experience. Clark emphasizes the relationships among and between artist, artwork and audience.<\/p>\nThe quilting by Rosie Lee Tompkins<\/a> provided much inspiration to continue making weighted blankets. Specifically, the use of found material, her improvisation within the quilting patterns, and the privacy in which she created.<\/p>\nSarah Ahmed<\/a>\u2019s Queer Phenomenology<\/em> planted a seed of curiosity about how bodies are orientated with and around space and objects, and I explore non-directional orientation toward objects in my thesis exhibition.<\/p>\nI am also still realizing how momentous it is to be a student and an active artist during every moment of the COVID-19 pandemic. I think many of our works are connected by this loss and this desperate need to heal, whether it presents in the works or in our hearts.<\/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>\nThe move to virtual learning and remote presentation shifted my whole perspective on the accessibility of my work. I questioned how my work would be seen or interacted with at every moment, I became exhausted with constant virtual communication, I craved human and artistic contact, I asked for extensions for the first time in my life, and I graduated during a pandemic.<\/p>\n
Connecting my work to other artists in and outside the ceramic field has encouraged me to explore my craft and its grand possibilities. Contextualizing my work and process within larger phenomenologies and pedagogies has genuinely opened my mind, and I\u2019m leaving with so many resources and texts to continue investigating.<\/p>\n
My home community quickly became my only in person audience and were crucial test subjects for multiple semesters of planning and preparing a final exhibition. The final exhibition will only be viewed in person by my fellow grads and select faculty, sealing in how important my cohort was to my progress for the entire program. We had consistent studio visits and planning meetings, and shared intense and intellectually intimate experiences, only meeting in person during our first and last residencies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWho were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\nLily Cox-Richard<\/a><\/p>\nGeno Luketic<\/a><\/p>\nkate-hers RHEE<\/a><\/p>\nHalsey Rodman<\/a><\/p>\nI truly believe they were each put into my life at the proper time, and I cherish the work we did together.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
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<\/div>Heavy Comfort, 2020<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n1st Semester:\u00a0 Tempo (feat. Missy Elliott) by Lizzo<\/a><\/p>\nDo It by Chloe x Halle <\/a><\/p>\nSolo by Frank Ocean<\/a><\/p>\nGinger by BROCKHAMPTON<\/a><\/p>\n2nd Semester: ooh la la (feat. Mexican Institute of Sound & Santa Fe Klan) by Run The Jewels<\/a><\/p>\nDamn Right by Audrey Nuna<\/a><\/p>\n3rd Semester:\u00a0 Transparency by KAMAUU<\/a><\/p>\nbrutal by Olivia Rodrigo<\/a><\/p>\n4th Semester:\u00a0 XTRA (feat. Tierra Whack) by WILLOW<\/a><\/p>\nStoned at the Nail Salon by Lorde<\/a><\/p>\nGood Dayz by SZA<\/a><\/p>\nBillie Bossa Nova by Billie Eilish<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWho are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\nBMO, Adventure Time<\/a><\/p>\nMarceline, Adventure Time<\/a><\/p>\nBeth Harmon, The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhat, or who, should you like to be \u2013 if not yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\nIf asked this question two years ago, I would have described a desired version of myself. Someone who doesn\u2019t procrastinate maybe, or someone who will keep a room clean for any amount of time. What I\u2019m learning is that this person I wanted to be was built on expectations others had of me. I don\u2019t feel like a people-pleaser, but it\u2019s possible I am a people-peacer. I don\u2019t desire to please you, but I am interested in your peace. However, as I look to the future and think of who I \u2018should like to be\u2019, I am focused on my own peace, my own goals, my own well being. How can I let myself breathe, what interests do I have outside of serving others, who am I when no one is expecting me to be anything? I would like to find out.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div>\nWhat is your favorite bird?<\/strong><\/p>\nA tie between Big Bird<\/a> and penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>Untitled 1, 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
getting to know the graduates<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\nGraduating Student:<\/strong> Tori JD (W 22)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n My Process Paper follows my studio work through my semesters at VCFA. Both my Process Paper and Grad Exhibition work investigate the relationship we have with objects. In my exhibition I am exploring the relationship between artist and artwork, and the correlation to the relationship between artwork and audience, and how this relationship can be extended. I question what is possible in a gallery space, and how the experience of the artist in process can be translated through the work and to the participants.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who, or what is your work in conversation with?<\/strong><\/p>\n The work and writings of Lygia Clark<\/a> speak to the importance of the moment of encounter. She questions how both participant and artwork transform in that moment and analyzes what is left after the experience. Clark emphasizes the relationships among and between artist, artwork and audience.<\/p>\n The quilting by Rosie Lee Tompkins<\/a> provided much inspiration to continue making weighted blankets. Specifically, the use of found material, her improvisation within the quilting patterns, and the privacy in which she created.<\/p>\n Sarah Ahmed<\/a>\u2019s Queer Phenomenology<\/em> planted a seed of curiosity about how bodies are orientated with and around space and objects, and I explore non-directional orientation toward objects in my thesis exhibition.<\/p>\n I am also still realizing how momentous it is to be a student and an active artist during every moment of the COVID-19 pandemic. I think many of our works are connected by this loss and this desperate need to heal, whether it presents in the works or in our hearts.<\/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 The move to virtual learning and remote presentation shifted my whole perspective on the accessibility of my work. I questioned how my work would be seen or interacted with at every moment, I became exhausted with constant virtual communication, I craved human and artistic contact, I asked for extensions for the first time in my life, and I graduated during a pandemic.<\/p>\n Connecting my work to other artists in and outside the ceramic field has encouraged me to explore my craft and its grand possibilities. Contextualizing my work and process within larger phenomenologies and pedagogies has genuinely opened my mind, and I\u2019m leaving with so many resources and texts to continue investigating.<\/p>\n My home community quickly became my only in person audience and were crucial test subjects for multiple semesters of planning and preparing a final exhibition. The final exhibition will only be viewed in person by my fellow grads and select faculty, sealing in how important my cohort was to my progress for the entire program. We had consistent studio visits and planning meetings, and shared intense and intellectually intimate experiences, only meeting in person during our first and last residencies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who were your Artist-Mentors?<\/strong><\/p>\n Lily Cox-Richard<\/a><\/p>\n Geno Luketic<\/a><\/p>\n kate-hers RHEE<\/a><\/p>\n Halsey Rodman<\/a><\/p>\n I truly believe they were each put into my life at the proper time, and I cherish the work we did together.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What was on your play list during your time at VCFA?<\/strong><\/p>\n 1st Semester:\u00a0 Tempo (feat. Missy Elliott) by Lizzo<\/a><\/p>\n Do It by Chloe x Halle <\/a><\/p>\n Solo by Frank Ocean<\/a><\/p>\n Ginger by BROCKHAMPTON<\/a><\/p>\n 2nd Semester: ooh la la (feat. Mexican Institute of Sound & Santa Fe Klan) by Run The Jewels<\/a><\/p>\n Damn Right by Audrey Nuna<\/a><\/p>\n 3rd Semester:\u00a0 Transparency by KAMAUU<\/a><\/p>\n brutal by Olivia Rodrigo<\/a><\/p>\n 4th Semester:\u00a0 XTRA (feat. Tierra Whack) by WILLOW<\/a><\/p>\n Stoned at the Nail Salon by Lorde<\/a><\/p>\n Good Dayz by SZA<\/a><\/p>\n Billie Bossa Nova by Billie Eilish<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n Who are your favorite protagonists in fiction?<\/strong><\/p>\n BMO, Adventure Time<\/a><\/p>\n Marceline, Adventure Time<\/a><\/p>\n Beth Harmon, The Queen\u2019s Gambit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What, or who, should you like to be \u2013 if not yourself?<\/strong><\/p>\n If asked this question two years ago, I would have described a desired version of myself. Someone who doesn\u2019t procrastinate maybe, or someone who will keep a room clean for any amount of time. What I\u2019m learning is that this person I wanted to be was built on expectations others had of me. I don\u2019t feel like a people-pleaser, but it\u2019s possible I am a people-peacer. I don\u2019t desire to please you, but I am interested in your peace. However, as I look to the future and think of who I \u2018should like to be\u2019, I am focused on my own peace, my own goals, my own well being. How can I let myself breathe, what interests do I have outside of serving others, who am I when no one is expecting me to be anything? I would like to find out.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n What is your favorite bird?<\/strong><\/p>\n A tie between Big Bird<\/a> and penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>Heavy Comfort, 2020<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>Untitled 1, 2021<\/small><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n