2008 Woodie Awards
Art students tackle global issues
Annual Bachelor of Arts show exhibits wide range of work by graduating seniors
By: Anna Forder
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: LifeStyle
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The show, planned and executed entirely by graduating Bachelor of Arts students, was a chance for seniors to show off their work. Their pieces addressed issues from self-development and the lack of privacy on the Internet to global warming and human rights violations.
"They're challenging what art can be," said assistant professor Robin Assner. "That's what we hope for. We want (students) to make art about something. They're not just making something that looks nice."
Assner, who advised students in the planning of the B.A. show, said art students, especially those in advanced-level classes, are encouraged to make art that addresses an issue they are passionate about. Assner said this makes the pieces strong art.
Emmie Tuller created a series of photographs from the Internet site http://www.flickr.com. She selected the profiles of people she found interesting and photographed them while they were on her monitor. This gave them a blurry quality called moiré. The photographs, hung as one piece, questioned the amount of privacy people have online.
Assner said Tuller's piece points out that anyone can take anything off the Internet and do what they want with it.
"We put so many personal facts on the Internet," Assner said. "Your private moments are now for anyone to share."
Andrea Blind created a substantial piece called "Rice." This included a large print on the wall that was made up of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Blind said 192 of 194 U.N. member nations signed this 1948 agreement that details the basic rights each human being is entitled to.
"But how many (countries) really follow it?" Blind asked, questioning whether nations value the human rights this declaration details.
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