Author: Reilly Babcock

For this assignment, I watched five videos that culminated in about sixty minutes of watch time.  These included: “Kiki Smith: The Fabric Workshop,” Kiki Smith in “Stories,” Damián Ortega in “Mexico City,” “Rashid Johnson Keeps His Cool,” and Theaster Gates in “Chicago.”  In both videos about Kiki Smith, she spoke a lot about process more than anything.  She… Continue reading Art21 Assignment (Part 2) – Reilly Babcock

Part 1: Choose a Topic I have decided to focus this project around community ecology. Part 2: Consider and clarify your topic For this project, I am looking to address the complexities of community ecology through the lens of one species. I chose this topic because it is currently what I have been studying in… Continue reading Project 3 Research – Reilly Babcock

I watched five interviews of five different contemporary artists: Ai WeiWei in “Change” (17 minutes), Ursula von Rydingsvard in “Ecology” (13 minutes), Mark Dion in “Ecology” (14 minutes), Pepon Osorio in “Place” (12 minutes), and Marela Zacarías’s Great Expectations (7 minutes). Each artist offered different perspectives and processes in creating art. While there can be… Continue reading Art21 Assignment – Reilly Babcock

Assignment One: I have decided to center my shrine on cats. Cats are my favorite animal, well domesticated animal. Beyond that fact, they mean a lot to me within my personal life. I have loved animals since I was a little girl; I would read books and draw pictures of the animals that mesmerized me.… Continue reading Research Assignments Project 2 – Reilly Babcock

Part 1: Writing Assignment I chose a set of three objects for this project. They are three pigs about six inches tall and 3 inches wide. They are made of a very weird plaster type material. Each pig has been assigned a position— one has its hands covering its mouth, another has its hands covering… Continue reading Project 1 Research Assignments – Reilly Babcock