Assignment 4

Choose 2 quotes from the interview and write a short response for each quote. Then answer the two questions below.

1. "...I started letting myself dive deeper and deeper into their theory and what being engulfed in them made me feel. Blues for me have become a way to tap into the cerebral while still holding space for the emotional, and reds have always been bodily for me."

I think that it is interesting how she uses light and color as an extension of her work. To make her viewers make a decision which is to either stay or avoid interacting with it. While it still makes the viewer think, she wants them to also feel something by the hues of light. I think that it's compelling how she uses blues and reds to evoke emotions and how she sees those colors as freedom. 

2. "With performance, process and duration become tangible mediums that I look to in challenging the act of consuming. If something in slowed down and repeated, does this open up a synonymous space where two experiences can coexist, and does that in turn allow for the viewer to come an active participant in the work it takes to be present with themselves and with another person in that space?"

I believe that with how things are on social media and how it has ruin people's attention spans, that this would help. Meaning that the viewer would become an active participant in a work. That if two people experience the same work at a different rate, it would be compelling.

What inspired LeSeur? Compare what motivates you to create meaning in your work.

In 2017, LeSeur was creating works of her rage and grief around the unjust murders of Black people in America. This reason pushed her to question how she wanted her works to exist. In 2018, her project brown, carmine, and blue, helped her understand in moments of pain, that there is glimmers of joy and tenderness. When I create my work I try to incorporate metaphors or if there is an emotion I want to convey I will use body language and color to help. Also, I try to tell a story or add hidden messages to make my work feel more personal. 

How does your choice of material, process, aesthetic, content, etc. reinforce your message?

The things I do in my work is to make it feel personal, with how you can see texture but it's still rendered. I want to create works that is a love letter to the things that I love and I try to apply that knowledge into my work. I want to be able to tell a narrative through other people, so that the audience can find relatability through them.