Aimee Campolucci: capstone

Abstract

The artist's statement: As a second Bachelors of Fine Arts student at Colorado State University with a focus in printmaking, I've spent the remainder of my time here exploring and thinking about the people that have been affected the most regarding the recent activities of the current administration. People who have become this country's "The Disappeared.” The artwork that is displayed is a piece consisting of cyno-type prints wrapping a hand-made cargo ship (30W x 10H x 7D) and small matchboxes (2 W x ¼ H x 1 D) wrapped in cyno-printed muslin fabric to mimic shipping containers. The individual matchers were sporadically wrapped and placed into the matchboxes with the faces of individuals that have been sent to ICE facilities throughout the country. The cargo ship includes a small video piece of the matches with the faces of the individuals being burned away.