Where Do We Go From Here#
Harvard University, 2017#
Where Do We Go From Here — a structure of 14 three-sided columns made of Plexiglas and aluminum — was a public art installation displayed on Harvard University’s campus. It was conceived in the wake of the results of the Association of American Universities-led sexual conduct survey (“Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct”), which was distributed to every degree-seeking student at Harvard during the spring of 2015. Along with co-creator Devon Guinn 17’, we conceived of this interactive artwork to engage the University in exploring the devastating statistics on sexual assault that the report presented. Many students participated in fabricating and/or interacting with these columns, which were hosted previously by the Harvard residential Houses and student common spaces for a two-week period. Students were invited to write and draw on the columns, or express private thoughts on notes placed inside them. The completed columns were later presented, for viewing only, as a single art installation for a week during the Harvard ARTS FIRST Festival. They were placed in Harvard’s iconic Tercentenary Theater. The project was supported financially by the Harvard Office for the Arts and logistically by OFA Director Jack Megan, along with the assistance of artist Ross Miller ‘77 as technical adviser and consultant.
More information about the project:
- Harvard Gazette: “Making art, making community: Students organize an art installation in response to the sexual assault survey” (April 13, 2016). https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/04/making-art-making-community/
- Harvard Crimson: “Students’ Art Installation Asks Harvard to Reflect on Sexual Assault” (April 13, 2016). https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/4/13/art-installation-on-sexual-assault/
[Phase] Transitioning#
BBP Gallerie, “Here, without -”, 2015#
Resident artist to BBP Gallerie in its yearlong “Here, without -” curation project, culminating in an exhibition at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Boston-based artists were matched to Palestinian and Israeli artists. I developed an individual, mixed-media installation, [Phase] Transitioning, composed of wax sculptures and a video projection. The piece examines the experience of desensitization, both in artistic processes and in the experiences of war and genocide.
