BLOOM
INTROSPECTION
WHAT IS BLOOM?
BLOOM? is a mixed media triptych exploring my transition through college with my gender identity, body dysmorphia and overall expression of my femininity and masculinity.
Using research that I gathered through self-photography, interviews and documentation I created three personas by analysing my research and identifying key themes I picked up on throughout the data.
HOW MIGHT I VISUALIZE HOW OTHER PEOPLE PERCIEVE ME AS A SELF - REFLECTIVE PRACTICE TO ENABLE FUTURE CONNECTIONS?
GOALS OF BLOOM?
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Connect with other people within the Oxford and Hamilton communities who struggle with issues of depression, body dysmorphia, gender identity, and sexuality.
Use this project as a stepping off point to do more collage-based art that reflects on people I connect with.
Build better communication skills with others while also working on unpacking my own emotions and turning them into a visual expression of how I feel about myself.
“HIDE”
Mix Media on paper; decorative frame
“Queer, I”
Mix Media on paper; decorative frame
“Metamorphasis”
Mix Media on paper; decorative frame
Interactivity of BLOOM
bloom also includes a part of the project that allows the viewer to interact with the exhibition by filing out a small card asking, “how do you perceive yourself” and hanging it on a small clip wire where they are displayed along with the rest of the triptych.
