Tuan’s work was focused primarily on the practical side of design, and tried to rethink things that are typically taken for granted. I think my favorite example of his work was the moving boxes, where he remade them in order to be used again, instead of thrown away or tossed to the side.
Hollis has a lot of works that tend to focus more on memory, particularly her own biography that describes her childhood. She also creates images of natural disasters and waste, pointing out the huge problem that is American consumption, and its consequent mass production of waste. These natural disaster and waste works also result from memory, of the places and things that have been destroyed by the fury of nature. Her sculptures also embody this idea, and emphasize some of the paintings and drawings that she did beforehand.
Bill’s photography went through a lot of phases, and the experimentation with his photography eventually led him to the abstract side of it. His Photoshop works were particularly interesting to me, because they took the entire image and pretty much just summarized it using two or three primary colors. I really liked his transition from “narrative” photography to “lyrical” photography over the years.
Five Year Plan:
The next 3 years will go along the lines of the suggested plans that St. Edward’s offers for graphic design, because the structure of the whole plan is pretty inescapable. However, I’ve got a lot of elective credits, so I’m going to try and take as many other courses in a whole bunch of other majors too. Primarily digital media management and interactive game studies, and maybe a little marketing, because I want to learn all about those. The next 2 years after graduation really depend on whether or not I’m offered a job within the first year; if not, then I’ll either continue my education at ACC, studying engineering or architecture, or go up to Washington to major in Digital Art and Animation. Or maybe I’ll do both! I really just want to continue learning for as long as I can, but the big issue is money.