Category: video

Between the Living and the Dead Video by Amy Bassin and Mark Blickley “Speaking in Bootongue” represents the visual and aural language used between the cities of the living and the cities of the dead. Traditionally, the image of an empty boot denotes the loss of an esteemed leader. In Bootongue, the empty boot is…

Collective and Cultural Trauma Video by Emma Zukovic My work is concerned with Marianne Hirsch’s theory of post memory; the relationship the generation after bears to the collective cultural trauma of those who came before. Being of Macedonian descent, I use film as a means to delve into an exploration of the self and my…

What Inspires Me and How I Make it Into Art Video by Bronwen Hazlett ‘The Alchemy of Inspiration’ is a video I made to explain the process I go through to make images for my series ‘Midlife and The Alchemy of My Individuation.’ I begin by photographing the rural landscapes of Delaware that brought peace…

Hope, Healing, and Rebuilding Spirit By Sandra Priest The concrete slurry wall foundation was poured four feet thick, seven stories deep, and secured with cables into bedrock and was to hold back the mighty Hudson River around the original World Trade Center in New York City. It was the only thing left intact after 9/11.…

Plaster: “Gouged, deconstructed, explored” By Eduardo Terranova See Terranova’s work in WTP Vol. V #6 The Plaster is gouged, deconstructed, explored to reveal signs, pathways and corridors into a primitive consciousness. The Pearls, perhaps antithetically, are the perfectly sealed cocoons of an ancient interruption, emitting the eternal ineffable light. These juxtaposed elements combine to whisper…

“Hooray for Blooming Spring”: An Illustrated Poem By Anastasya Shepherd Anastasya Shepherd worked as a neuropsychologist for ten years in diagnostic testing, consulting, therapy, rehabilitation planning and teaching. After marrying and having children, she turned her focus to illustration: “I had been drawing and dabbling in photography throughout the years, but at that point I…

Two-Part Series: RF Pigment Sticks and Gauging Success By Pamela Caughey See Pamela Caughey’s work in WTP Vol. IV #5 RF Pigment Sticks and taking RISKS, Cold Wax/Oil Painting Painting in a series allows you to take a lot more RISK because you have more going on and nothing is so ‘precious.’ Watch as I…

“There’s nothing but chemicals between me and you” By Nate Massari “Journals” is a part of Bare Melancholy—a series of drawings, paintings, and objects which feature skeletons in nonsensical situations, making subtle jabs at existentialist ideas, to illustrate some of the more banal facets of mental health. Simplicity and an unrefined aesthetic are its essential…

“Structures fall apart and then are reconstructed again.” By Holly Wong In Wong’s work, she has explored many social and political themes central to being a woman and a socially-conscious citizen. However, over the past five years, Holly has taken an increasingly personal and inward journey with her work, integrating non-traditional approaches with more traditional…

An Artist’s Statement By Christopher Owen Nelson See his work in Vol. V #3 Christopher Owen Nelson thrives in the vast arid landscape of the American West. As a Colorado native, he studied Fine Arts at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, where he learned classical methods in drawing and painting. While developing a…