mjaquis
08-26-2003, 08:34 PM
hello, i am michele jaquis. i have my mfa in sculpture, but i don't really make objects or consider myself a "sculptor", so sometimes i feel out of place in this sculpture community. i've done some performance art in the past and i make a lot of video installations in which the viewer can participate in a sculptural way. sometimes i get sick of sitting at my computer, editing video and i miss the sound of the mig and arc welders and the smell of a woodshop and having to move big heavy things. so even though i have been getting interested in photography and digital imagery the need to build things is always there. lately i have also been working more as a facilitator in my projects, asking people to participate in the creation of the work or in the completion of it.
i am interested in catharsis, healing, purging, exorcising and transforming psychological states. i am interested in the way humans are affected by the relationships we have and the complex separations and connections that occur in those relationships. recently, i have been exploring father daughter relationships, absentee fathers and families headed by single mothers. these are personal experiences, but i hope by including others in the process the experiences prove to be more universal, and the process of making proves to be beneficial to all that participate.
i am interested in catharsis, healing, purging, exorcising and transforming psychological states. i am interested in the way humans are affected by the relationships we have and the complex separations and connections that occur in those relationships. recently, i have been exploring father daughter relationships, absentee fathers and families headed by single mothers. these are personal experiences, but i hope by including others in the process the experiences prove to be more universal, and the process of making proves to be beneficial to all that participate.