Misapprehended - Fall 2023 - Visual Arts

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Fall 2023 Visual Culture: REPRESENT!: Misapprehended DWAYNE CARTER A Pit of Artists, 2023 Digital Print on Canvas, 44” x 70” My work often focuses on the consequences of the irrational decisions we make both collectively and individually. The imagery in my digital prints relates to Zine /photo novella projects in which I create worlds parallel to our own. In these zines, I have explored themes such as Living in a False Universe, Irrational City, Disputed Ideals and Extreme Discontent. Often our irrational side leads us to override the logic and wisdom that comes from our experiences. This can lead to bad results. Perhaps we are flawed irrational creatures and simply accept that greed, peer pressure and even love can blind us from sensing the truth. Or, could it be that inspiration and emotion lead us to find truths in places where logic cannot always go. A Pit of Artists, Frisco Arts Colony and Parade of Tragedy all show the dark results of our irrationality. Can our reaction to these dark theatrical images lead us to a cathartic experience similar to the release we feel when leaving a scary horror movie. Perhaps our misunderstanding of the images can lead us to something new. 12
Juror: Enrique Fernández Cervantes ZOË COUVILLION Settled, 2023 Stone Lithography, 12” x 9” During the beginning of this year, my life was in complete chaos. I ended a long-term relationship, was in a car accident, had to move because my lease was ending in Ohio, and couldn’t renew the contract for my then-job. When friends would ask how I was handling things, I would describe the days as being inside a snow-globe: with every flake being an important element of my life. I pictured myself sitting in the knick-knack and watching as everything I couldn’t control flurried around me. I imagined clinging desperately to the furniture inside—so as not to be swept away. I knew the “snow” would eventually settle, but I wondered who in my life would still be there when it did, among the fragments. “Settled” relates to the theme of “Represent: Misapprehended” because it speaks to the struggle of both trying to convey emotion through visual metaphor, and narratively suggesting aloneness at the bottom of the print. The figure joining mine on the couch in the upper portion of the imagery dissolves as the “snow” stops moving, leaving me to face the viewer alone in a bid for communication. 13
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