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TAKE ME WITH YOU
SPRING 2025
SCULPTURE, VIDEO, AND SOUND INSTALLATION CULMINATING INTO LIVE PERFOMANCE
INSTALLED IN THE WAVECAVE AT CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS
INTEGRATED MEDIA THESIS PROJECT
SYNOPSIS‘TAKE ME WITH YOU’ DELVES INTO MY PERSONAL GUILT SURROUNDING MY TRANS IDENTITY, WITHOUT SEEKING LIBERATION - FINDING CO-EXISTENCE WITH MY PREVIOUS SELF; A PORTRAIT OF RESILIENCE AND SELF RECOGNITION.
THROUGH PERSONAL ANECDOTES AND REFLECTIVE NARRATIVE EXPRESSED THROUGH INTERACTIVE SCULPTURE AND A MORPHING ENVIRONMENT, THIS WORK NAVIGATES RECONCILING CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE WITH NEWFOUND AUTHENTICITY. VIEWERS WERE PARTICIPANTS, AND SHUFFLED THROUGH COLLAGE OF TEXT, VIDEO, AND AUDIO THROUGH SENSOR ACTIVATED SCULPTURES AND ENVIRONMENTS,. THIS CREATED A NON-LINEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK. ON THURSDAY, 03.19.2025, ACTIVATING THE SENSORS IN A SPECIFIC ORDER IN PERFORMANCE REVEALED A HIDDEN, LINEAR NARRATIVE.
PHYISCAL SETS ACTED AS MANIFESTATIONS OF DEPRESSION, GENDER DYSPHORIA, RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY DYNAMICS, AND BODY DYSMORPHIA. TMWY INVOKED DISSOCIATION, YEARNING, AND NOSTALGIA, REFLECTING ON EXISTING IN A BODY THAT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE YOUR OWN.
PHYISCAL SETS ACTED AS MANIFESTATIONS OF DEPRESSION, GENDER DYSPHORIA, RELIGIOUS AND FAMILY DYNAMICS, AND BODY DYSMORPHIA. TMWY INVOKED DISSOCIATION, YEARNING, AND NOSTALGIA, REFLECTING ON EXISTING IN A BODY THAT DOES NOT FEEL LIKE YOUR OWN.
DOCUMENTATION
PHOTOS BY GRACE DASHNAW, PHOTOS OF THE ARTIST BY LILLIYA LE NEVEU
VIDEO WALKTHROUGH
PERFORMANCE PREVIEW