October 6, 2016 Week 2 

I attended an artist talk held at the New Media Gallery and did a collage and write up about the event for potential social media posts.

On Thursday, October 7th, New Media Gallery held “For Your Eyes Only,” a Fresh Talk event. Kristina Fiedrich, arts programmer, and Carolina Bergonzoni, dancer and philosopher, collaborated together to create a stimulating evening surrounding the exhibition, WITNESS. The two artists discussed ideas about our perception of objects, our interaction with spaces we see, and how we are seen through interesting drawing activities and heart-racing kinetic exercises. Kristina led participants to pair up and draw a map of their eye movements across each other’s face and also create blind contour drawings, challenging the visual memory and its coordination with the hand. Carolina guided participants into kinetic exercises involving mapping their movement throughout the gallery and switching maps with someone else, encouraging a new perception of the space. Later on, participants again paired up and took part in an intimate activity where they had to connect with their partner’s eyes and hold connection as they explored the space together as one entity. The night was filled with fun yet thought-provoking witnessing, observing, and moving in exploring the exhibition, WITNESS.

1.Visual recording of eye Movement

2. Drawing blind from memory + Drawing from memory

3. Blind Contour Drawing

4. Blind Contour Drawing

These were my drawings from the evening.