Home Again - Video

A visual diary reflecting on the concepts of home, anticipatory grief, and ultimately, hope.

Silent Gesture - Performance

“A box was taped off on the floor. It contained the artist, flowers, supplies, and a card on the wall that read ‘Home, red, love, change, stability, fear, longing.’ Another card told students to write at least one color and any words that they associated with that color.’”

Using the words each individual student wrote anonymously, I then created a bouquet symbolizing each person and their written statement.

A Celebration - Installation

This project was a celebration of how birthdays bring people together. I created an immersive environment filled with objects and images that highlighted how birthdays change as we grow older - a chronological display of photographs was hung with twine to illustrate how I’ve grown throughout my own life. Viewers were asked to help themselves to a slice of homemade cake while reading my personal notes and viewing photographs. Finally, I asked viewers to partake in the work by writing down their own responses to the prompts “Leave a birthday message to yourself,” “What do birthdays mean to you?” and “Leave a message for the birthday girl too.”

All of these projects were completed during the Fall 2022 semester of Art 318 - Video, Performance and Installation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.