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Anna Commers:

Remember a Place Not Here
 
Anna Commers
Engineering major (Olin)
 

My work deals with childhood and the way I-- and many of my American peers-- were raised. I seek to capture a bit of innocence, silliness, and messiness in my form and process. Additionally, I enjoy working with two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds in novel ways. I look at the connection between childish, simplistic forms and my own experience as a child. As a gen z adult, I think about how the internet, with its constant stream of content, has influenced the way I interact with images and art.

 
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Knowledge baby
book, yarn, PVA glue
Jewett Hallway Galleries
 
 
book with a large oval cut out of the pages, with the shape of a baby cut out of that and attached back to the book by red yarn
 

This piece in particular investigates the parent-child bond and the expectations parents put on their children to be successful under American capitalism. It asks questions such as: how do parents influence and shape their children? How do we view the role of a parent in society? And what are the expectations of the parent and the child in these relationships?

 
upright open book with an oval cut out of one side, a baby cut out of that and attached back to the book with red yarn  a closed book, cover with images of a fish, =, and lipstick and the title 'THE BOOK OF USELESS INFORMATION: an official useless information society publication'
 
 
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