HW 1.1 - My Media, My Forms

Hi, I'm Vanessa. My art practice is rooted in concept, and spans across media, encompassing mixed media sculpture, drawing, photography, animation, interactive public art, and social media. I am drawn to multiple materials and the aesthetic and cultural significance they can convey. My work currently engages with feminism, pop culture, dark humour, analytic philosophy and the philosophy of language, obfuscation, obsolescence, military code, and failure.

My materials are usually a combination of more rudimentary media and technology - like stop motion animation using coloured pencil drawings or paper cut, and then animated in Flash or Final Cut; an interactive live photo booth; or scanning post-it notes. I have also worked extensively with metal and wood shop technology - I have an affinity for power tools. I favour a labourious process. I like to obsess over details for long periods of time, and to really immerse myself in my process when making art. I believe strongly in the handmade, the use of craft, and the ability to see the artist’s hand in the work.

I have a BA in Viseual Art and French Literature; my two theses were a written dissertation on activism in French Literature, and a coloured pencil classical animation. I have an MFA in visual art and my thesis was a written dissertation on my artwork, its context, and the philosophy of language, and a body of artwork including fake forms of communication and a 20' airplane.

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