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On Longing Assignment

Halie McConnell "The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale" Nutrition and fitness is important to me. The harder I work and more effort I put into my workouts, I love to see how my body changes and evolves into a better me. Halie McConnell "The souvenir exists as a sample of the now distant experience, an experience which the object can only evoke and resinate" This is a photograph of my uncle, aunt, cousins, and I. It is one of those pictures the workers take of you when entering the park. I love to look back at this "souvenir" to remind me of the great memories I made that night. Halie McConnell "The souvenir reduces the public, monumental, and 3-D into the miniature, that which can be enveloped by the body" Surfing is a great pleasure of mine. My friend Jordan and I go surfing between classes if the waves are good. This is a special memory for me because it's just her and I and the se...

Identity Map Relief

In progress picture Final piece "Confined but Not Limited" paper, foam, glue, pins 9. 5" by 23" Artist Statement - For this piece I wanted to capture the feeling of an art gallery back home that I volunteer at. This space is very intimate and personal. Each work of art is positioned very close to one another throughout the gallery. When standing in one corner of the gallery, one is able to clearly see the entire rest of the space with ease. This is a cozy place that contains many mutually toned colors with the occasional pop of color provided by a piece of work. I chose to make this particular space out of paper for the intentions of creating a structured, non-organic flow of the place. Since the space I am demonstrating is an art gallery, there are many similarly shaped structures and layout of the building. I origami folded 16 boxes all mutually colored to give this space a calming flow. The boxes represent the wall spa...

Halie McConnell's Artwork

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