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Academic Level at Time of Creation
Senior
Date of Creation
Fall 11-11-2024
Artist Statement
I’m driven by a desire to explore human emotions and how we are influenced by social media. While a useful communication tool, it is also a part of the reason for poor mental health. I am myself an emotional person. Making video and photography helps me to soothe my own anxiety, while working with people who express their own conflict with their current life. Photography and film serve as a vessel for the variations of personal mental health struggles, friendships, and offering a timeless reflection of emotional states. I want my art to be therapy and remembrance that grounds you to reality, showing you, the audience, themes of friendship and loss to bring positivity. Social media can bring dissociation and regret, video media can help change that narrative, as ironic as it may seem. Through pieces like "How to Use a Book" I delve into the impact of technology on modern society, utilizing vivid imagery and video inserts to social media videos that seem to have the solution to all problems. “XANNY”, “As it Was” and “Deep Sea” focus on showing an angle of specific mental tropes based on individual experiences. These can come from the stress, depression, and overstimulation pervasive in modern society. Emotions are universal for every person, and my goal is to portray my feelings in those moments with the hope that the audience can relate in their own way. Everyday tasks or moments can still bring momentary sadness but that isn’t always bad. They are the product of fully experiencing life. In my creative process, collaboration and introspection intertwine, culminating in works that speak to both personal experiences and reality. Drawing inspiration from luminaries like Massimo Vignelli and Paula Scherr, I navigate the intricacies of design/video media with a keen eye for detail and narrative clarity. Ultimately, my artistic vision is about shared emotional experiences. Regardless of how big or small these may be, I want to bring those emotions out of you to self-reflect on your experiences and how it feels now regardless of time. Every piece is made with vulnerability, through use of color, music, angles, facial expressions, and the use of social media everywhere. If I am able to elicit any strong emotion from your mind, then I have achieved my goal.
Advisor/Mentor
Cintia Segovia Figueroa; T. Michael Martin
Description
F1, Photograph, 11x17, Jwong_F1.jpg
F2, Photography, 11x17, Jwong_F2.jpg
F3, Photogoraphy, 11x17, Jwong_F3.jpg
F4, Photography, 11x17, Jwong_F4.jpg
Anything, Video Media, 00:00:36, Jwong_Anything.jpg
As It Was, Video Media, 00:00:49,Jwong_AsItWas.jpg XANNY, Video Media, 00:00:54, Jwong_XANNY.jpg
How to Use A Book, Video Media, 00:1:26, Jwong_HowToUseABook.jpg
Photo Credit
Jonathan Wong
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Wong, Jonathan, "The Last Crusade" (2024). B.A./B.S. Practicum Group Exhibit (ART 499). 74.
https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/art499/74