Student Show Submission - Makena Willis

Student Show- Janiyen AL-Abdullah

Authentic Self

Serendipity - Jamyn Scarlet

Serendipity- Emily Brown

The prompt was to make a list of everything one did for the rest of the day, as well as keep tally of how many times one entered a room of their choosing.

Serendipity - Christopher Woodward

Serendipity - Kiersten Rakisits

Serendipity - Makena Willis

Serendipity- Janiyen Al-abdullah

In class gesture - Ryan Simmons

 

Out of Class Gesture Emily Brown

I got engaged over the weekend and a newfound gesture of mine is spreading my fingers to look at my ring, especially while at stop lights in my parked car. 

Gesture- Emily Brown

The Infinite Whip, oil pastels, 2019

Gesture - Ryan Simmons

 

For this project I decided to explore gestures that were taught and preformed in primary by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The photograph below displays the reenactment as one still image. The gestures correspond to the lyrics underneath.

 

 

 

Book of Mormon stories that my teacher tells to me

 

Are about the Lamanites in ancient history.

 

Long ago their fathers came from far across the sea,

 

Giv’n the land if they lived righteously.

Out of class gesture- Nakita Shelley

I covered my hands in charcoal dust to track the gestures of touching my face for a three hour time period.

Gesture - Christopher Woodward

for this work I focused on the, wide spread, toxic gesture of environmental damage, and the gesture of environmental cleanup.



https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eCsKQzBOLrz4XnME__Y4OiL_JdH61W1f

In class gesture- Nakita Shelley

In Class Gesture - Jamyn Scarlet

In Class Gesture/Duration - Christopher Woodward

Gesture - Jamyn Scarlet

These are the remnants of a gesture. I made a specific gesture with my hand and covered it in wax. Once the wax cooled it crumbled off my hand no longer recognizable as the form of a gesture it used to be.

Out of Class Gesture - Makena Willis

This is the step stool I use to get onto my bed.

During the duration of the weekend, I kept paper on it and at the end of the weekend, I went over it in oil pastels to mark where it was worn down the most. The colors represent the same colors of socks I wore.

Out of Class Gesture - Kiersten Rakisits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1D-dIbdAYY  

For my gesture I did walking.  Everyone walks differently which I think is interesting, sometimes the differences are more subtle depending on the pace someone is walking at or how well you know them.  I recorded a few people walking each at different paces by themselves and as groups.

Out of class gesture- Eliza Briggs

My gesture is small. It's the simple movement of writing ones name. It's a movement that, while seemingly insignificant, enables a person to distribute a small piece of there identity. Names are what we exchange with greetings and how we identify one another in a larger group of people. They are a big part of society. We find ourselves explaining to others how our names and the names of our families came about. 

As a child I was elated over the knowledge of how to write my name. It was the first thing I learned to write. Often, it's the first thing many children learn to write. Over time, the physical task of writing ones identifier becomes monotonous, and even forgotten. It's a motion committed to muscle memory at an early age and most people pay little to no attention to it. 

Applying henna paste in any design takes a lot of patience. Every stroke is methodical. It goes a lot slower then writing a name with a marker, pen or pencil. In covering the left half of my body with my name using henna I'm solidifying how I am identified into my skin.  It was a very tedious and frustrating process and it will be there for a week and half. It has been less than 24 hrs and I have already been approached about the repetitions on my skin by a variety of people. 

Out-Of-Class Gesture - AJ Roberts

For this out of class drawing, I used charcoal pencils and erasers. The gesture I chose for this was the process of starting my car. This involved getting in the car, closing the door, starting the car, then putting on my seat belt. So I simplified the movements the closing of the door becoming the line coming in from the left, the circle being the turning of the key and starting the car, and finally, the other line representing the seatbelt being pulled and buckled. After I did a bunch of strokes with the charcoal I mixed them, creating a gradient I guess. Then with the same gesture, I used an eraser to remove the charcoal.

InClass Gesture - Knee to the Face - AJ Roberts

For this piece, I incorporated how I sit when I draw. Where I sit knees to my chest for hours as I draw, So for this, I took it a step forward and drew it all with the pencil being with my knees, I used my thumb to push the pencil inwards so it was on the paper when I was making  my strokes halfway through however not much else with my hand. I used different colors of colored pencils, highlighters and Brush markers. It didn't have a representational look to it from the angle I started it as however once I turned it to this specific side it came out as a face of some sort. Was fun to mess with and I might revisit the concept it at some point.

In Class Gesture - Kiersten Rakisits

Tapping my fingers in 15 minute intervals.  I tap my fingers from index finger to pinky.  Everyone else in my family does it from pinky to index finger, and so does everyone else I have watched or asked.  I have yet to find someone who does it the same way I do.

Gesture Drawing - Anthony Ryder

 Another visual representation of my pain. I currently still suffer from chronic back pain from my herniated discs. I attached three different drawing materials on a stick and taped them together. A calligraphy pen, pastel pencil, and a graphite pencil. I then proceeded to stand on the paper and held the stick at my side as it made a mark each time I shifted my weight. I then followed with pouring droplets of acrylic paint on the paper and proceeded with the process of weight shifting while marking the paper with the drawing utensils. This drawing represents my physical pain in the span of an hour and a half when standing. The red and black acrylic paint symbolize venous blood (deoxygenated blood) and blood splatter (an act of violence).  Each step taking a piece of the paper with me while my feet appears wet and dry.

In class gesture- Anthony Ryder

A visual representation of my pain. I currently still suffer from chronic back pain from my herniated discs. I attached 3 different drawing materials on a stick and taped them together. A calligraphy pen, pastel pencil, and a graphite pencil. I then proceeded to stand on the paper and held the stick at my side as it made a mark each time i shifted my weight. This drawing represents my physical pain in the span of an hour when standing.

In Class Gesture - Makena Willis

The motion of swinging my legs and tapping my heels on a stool leg.