Multimedia
Artist Statement
Collateral Damage
Angel Casarin, Livia Iacobelli, Ian Buchanan, Priscilla Lopez
Our artwork is suspended within a transparent 2ft x 20in. box that has a doll house and characters in the middle representing the “ideal” American family. Although it might look simple and not make as much sense at first, you come to realize, as the audience fills the container with “Opioids”, that a family member actually suffers from Opioid abuse. That, and the rest of the family suffers as collateral damage, as does the abuser. We will incorporate fake pills into our work, representing the Opioids. We will also be using other lazer cut pills to represent the pills. We will try to fill the transparent box with pills high enough to cover most of the family. Some of the obvious things in our work is the pills and how it is taking over the lives of others.
We got inspiration from the opioid epidemic that is sweeping across America. Our initial spark of inspiration for this piece was a segment on World News Wednesday. There, we learn about an abundance of different world and or national issues. A few weeks ago, we learned about how opioids have been affecting America and its people. What we used for our Base of our building is a wooden base, we have put turf on top of. Then we laser cut wood to make a frame of a house. Then we hot glued it all together. We put characters inside of the transparent box along with the house and miscellaneous house pieces.
Our “big idea” is to show how much the Opioid crisis is affecting a large portion of America. Our big idea is an infamously large problem that we have been facing for years. As of right now, there is a great amount of people suffering from the opioid crisis. The “big idea” of our project is to warn and acknowledge the large opioid problem that is there, but no one talks about. We try to show deeper and more personal side of the problem with this art piece so that we can use empathy towards depressing and detrimental problems. We are going to try to make people understand that things aren't always how we initially we perceive them, and that things can look utterly different when the truth comes out.
Our goals as artists was to create a unique installation that didn't so bluntly state our meaning. That, and to use our own skills to personalize the project. We created pieces based on our initial idea and used our own skills to execute them in a non-straightforward way. We also wanted to use materials that we not only found around school, but the ones we could create too, to show our own original and personal touches in the project. For example, the house was handmade and painted along with all of the details we included in the house. Another good example of our own personal details in the project include the “opiods”. Most were laser printed to the common shape of opioids and painted to achieve the final look.
While creating this artwork, my group was able to learn how to use a variety of tools, what resources to use for certain tasks, and how to resort to different options on the spot. We used the laser cutter for most of the cutting, so we had to learn how to use certain applications to execute our project goals.You can see our base board and house as an example of our use of the laser cutter. On top of that, we learned to use band saws to cut precise lengths too. When it came to resorting to different options for lack of materials, we had to use the laser cutter to cut “opioid” esque tablets that would ultimately be painted or sprayed to achieve the final look. Since we didn't have enough of our placebos due to lack of money, we had to use or local resources and knowledge to create more “pills”. Lastly, we used the 3D printer to print out the family members instead of just buying the figures to, once again, lack of money. When it comes to future projects, I plan to use the knowledge we gained in this project, to plan ahead in future ones. Especially when it comes to retrieving materials, especially when it comes to resources that require money to purchase.
Angel Casarin, Livia Iacobelli, Ian Buchanan, Priscilla Lopez
Our artwork is suspended within a transparent 2ft x 20in. box that has a doll house and characters in the middle representing the “ideal” American family. Although it might look simple and not make as much sense at first, you come to realize, as the audience fills the container with “Opioids”, that a family member actually suffers from Opioid abuse. That, and the rest of the family suffers as collateral damage, as does the abuser. We will incorporate fake pills into our work, representing the Opioids. We will also be using other lazer cut pills to represent the pills. We will try to fill the transparent box with pills high enough to cover most of the family. Some of the obvious things in our work is the pills and how it is taking over the lives of others.
We got inspiration from the opioid epidemic that is sweeping across America. Our initial spark of inspiration for this piece was a segment on World News Wednesday. There, we learn about an abundance of different world and or national issues. A few weeks ago, we learned about how opioids have been affecting America and its people. What we used for our Base of our building is a wooden base, we have put turf on top of. Then we laser cut wood to make a frame of a house. Then we hot glued it all together. We put characters inside of the transparent box along with the house and miscellaneous house pieces.
Our “big idea” is to show how much the Opioid crisis is affecting a large portion of America. Our big idea is an infamously large problem that we have been facing for years. As of right now, there is a great amount of people suffering from the opioid crisis. The “big idea” of our project is to warn and acknowledge the large opioid problem that is there, but no one talks about. We try to show deeper and more personal side of the problem with this art piece so that we can use empathy towards depressing and detrimental problems. We are going to try to make people understand that things aren't always how we initially we perceive them, and that things can look utterly different when the truth comes out.
Our goals as artists was to create a unique installation that didn't so bluntly state our meaning. That, and to use our own skills to personalize the project. We created pieces based on our initial idea and used our own skills to execute them in a non-straightforward way. We also wanted to use materials that we not only found around school, but the ones we could create too, to show our own original and personal touches in the project. For example, the house was handmade and painted along with all of the details we included in the house. Another good example of our own personal details in the project include the “opiods”. Most were laser printed to the common shape of opioids and painted to achieve the final look.
While creating this artwork, my group was able to learn how to use a variety of tools, what resources to use for certain tasks, and how to resort to different options on the spot. We used the laser cutter for most of the cutting, so we had to learn how to use certain applications to execute our project goals.You can see our base board and house as an example of our use of the laser cutter. On top of that, we learned to use band saws to cut precise lengths too. When it came to resorting to different options for lack of materials, we had to use the laser cutter to cut “opioid” esque tablets that would ultimately be painted or sprayed to achieve the final look. Since we didn't have enough of our placebos due to lack of money, we had to use or local resources and knowledge to create more “pills”. Lastly, we used the 3D printer to print out the family members instead of just buying the figures to, once again, lack of money. When it comes to future projects, I plan to use the knowledge we gained in this project, to plan ahead in future ones. Especially when it comes to retrieving materials, especially when it comes to resources that require money to purchase.