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The Narnia Project, also known as, "Through Wardrobe Doors: A Place Called Narnia" is a concept that I started in November 2001 for a course I was taking at The School of Art Institute of Chicago, learning on how to operate the Student Union Galleries. This project is based on C.S. Lewis's novel "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe."
I had hopes to collaborate with other artists, curate my first show, as well as set up my first sound installation.
This call to entries art exhibit was never fully carried out due to my medical condition with lupus. At the time I had stopped going to school and was given incompletes in many of my classes. This was hard for me, because I was only 22 years old.
The reason I am presenting images of my papier-mache model tree for the Narnia Project in progress, is because this particular piece is an important piece to me. It is the piece that finally completed my school credits so I was able to graduate and receive my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
The original concept was to have a gallery space that you could walk into through wardrobe doors and enter through an "enchanted forest." The forest was supposed to be sound installation of 7-8 feet papier-mache tree structures that I had designed. Inside of these trees are speakers that were embedded into the papier-mache. The speakers would play a continuous sound piece--created by fellow artist and collaborator, Catherine Larson--on a loop. Also, hung on the walls would be artwork by other artists with the concept of innocence and possibilities.
Original proposal for the NARNIA PROJECT.
I had hopes to collaborate with other artists, curate my first show, as well as set up my first sound installation.
This call to entries art exhibit was never fully carried out due to my medical condition with lupus. At the time I had stopped going to school and was given incompletes in many of my classes. This was hard for me, because I was only 22 years old.
The reason I am presenting images of my papier-mache model tree for the Narnia Project in progress, is because this particular piece is an important piece to me. It is the piece that finally completed my school credits so I was able to graduate and receive my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
The original concept was to have a gallery space that you could walk into through wardrobe doors and enter through an "enchanted forest." The forest was supposed to be sound installation of 7-8 feet papier-mache tree structures that I had designed. Inside of these trees are speakers that were embedded into the papier-mache. The speakers would play a continuous sound piece--created by fellow artist and collaborator, Catherine Larson--on a loop. Also, hung on the walls would be artwork by other artists with the concept of innocence and possibilities.
Original proposal for the NARNIA PROJECT.