DQ_silhouette puppetry

Silhouette puppetry is by far the most difficult and time consuming process that I have undertaken so far at ITP. I produced the opening sequence to Don Quijote de la Mancha, and plan on redoing this project for my midterm in a more polished, mistake-free version. After settling on my storyboard, I made my puppets […]

“What does Tiger do all day?”

“What does Tiger do all day?”For my pixelation project, I was inspired by the footage of Schlomo the dog getting his head stuck in a waste paper basket.  I decided to take as the focus of my short Tiger the cat, that elusive feline who is at home alone for hours and hours at a […]

Kara Walker in Black and White: A Review of “My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor”

As polemic as it is thought-provoking, the art of Kara Walker embodies the literary technique, tricks of the weak.  Writers of a particular suppressed group have historically appropriated stereotypes and negative representations associated with that group, and utilized these in their work.  This theory symbolizes finding power from their marginalized position and Kara Walker exploits […]