All about me
"Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments." - Marshall McLuhan I am a double major of Art History and Film. I believe it is nearly impossible to separate a work from its historical and social context, and find analyzing works with the full in context in mind more engaging and interesting. I see myself as equal parts consumer and creator of art, however the art I most enjoy consuming and the art I produce are usually quite different. The kinds of works I most enjoy are those that are avant-garde, surreal, or otherwise non-representational with evident personal style and lots of room for interpretation and subjective analysis. I often find works claiming to be objective representations of reality to not be as engaging. In addition, within that subset of art, I am even further drawn to works which unnerve and discomfort. By contrast, most of the photos I take (which make up the vast majority of...