"What We're Made Of" and more

4-12-16
On April twelfth I went to the exhibit that was on display in the Black Rock Press in the Jot Travis Building on the University of Nevada campus.  The exhibit is of Jaime Lynn Shafer's book arts and her collaborative project called "What We're Made Of". This exhibition of her work was also what she focused on in her artist lecture, which I had attended before looking at the exhibition pieces.  During her lecture, Shafer had shown her work through photos, but being able to actually see the work afterwards made it that much more impactful.  These works gave more of an impact when seen in person because after learning the background of these projects and then seeing them and being able to read them and really look at them brought that much more meaning to them and the message that they are meaning to portray.  Shafer had spoke of some of the poems and what their content is and came from, but they couldn't really be read or appreciated until you became up close and personal to them and could actually stand there and read them, in order to truly enjoy them and the imagery that was chosen to be compatible with the poems.

I don't have much more to say about this exhibit because I had also attended the lecture that gave more detail into the background of these works of book art.  I really do like the works that were displayed in the show and talked in the lecture.  I love every message that these projects are meant to bring awareness to and how they were done, like the tunnel for the town that had to be evacuated and the how the scars and bruises are shown for the domestic violence victims.  These pieces were fairly obvious in what they were supposed to be portraying and bringing awareness to and I liked this fact that they got right to the point of what they meant.