Back at Saltonstall Artist RetreatI was super fortunate to be selected for the Teacher Residency again this year at Saltonstall, a foundation for the arts. I was also selected in 2016, which was my first time ever visiting the facility. I went back through my photos and found an anatomical heart illustration at each residency, except for November of 2017. I used the five days to settle into my work this semester, which is clearly dealing with the idea of my hands. I worked with manual mode photography, shot video clips, and altered some photographs I had already printed. DC MuseumsAfter I left Saltonstall on March 28th, I then headed to DC on the 29th. I visited the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn museum. I also continued to read On Photography (Sontag) and photographed my cousin's hands.
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I finished my book and submitted my research papers on Friday, which cleared some space for me to start studio work again. I created a stop-motion animation of one of my daily medications. I had to rig the tripod to be in a nearly 180 degree angle, pointing down, then set up to shoot in manual mode. It was very tricky trying to keep one hand under the camera, still, and use the other hand to take the pictures and keep adding pills to the hand. I then added the still images to my computer and turned them into an animation. I also played with more long exposures.
Another week filled with research reading and writing. I continued reading Donald A. Barr's Health Disparities in the US: Social Class, Race, and Ethnicity and Health and began drafting my research paper. However, at least this week, I was also able to travel to SoHo and visit the International Center for Photography. I saw two exhibits: And Then They Came For Us (documentary photography about the incarceration of Japanese-Americans during WW2), and The Day The Music Died (works by Edmund Clark about the USA's dealings with terrorists and Guantanamo Bay). Both exhibits were incredibly powerful and inspired me to create at least one work in the studio.
Much of this week was spent researching the theory behind my studio work, and not enough time was actually spent on studio work. I finished reading a book called Uninsured in America (Sered & Ferandopulle), then wrote a paper on it, combining my own biographical story with aspect of the book. I also completed some Pinterest research. I also randomly edited two photos I took of a doctor's office poster on human anatomy.
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