I’m a director of print and digital media based out of Nashville, TN, known for my ability to create “the decisive moment.”Request my portfolio. I’ve taught Visual Communications: Graphic Design classes in conceptual imaging and mark-making at Virginia Commonwealth University. For the Spring 2019 Semester at VCU, I taught 20 Sophomores an Imaging II class. Lap Le and Chino Amobi taught other sections of the class, and we collaborated on our syllabus. My goal was to steer students towards their strongest, most meaningful compositions and to provide a structure–equal parts consistency, experimentation, and rigor–to incite creativity.
The prompt for the Imaging II: Experience Project was to work in groups, anywhere from 2-18, to design and share an atmospheric or transformative experience publicly and to document it with imagery — moving or still. Students were asked to consider the location (is it simulated or real), light, sound, population of the space, timing, media, technology, messaging, and their role in the group. Examples ranged from Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrored Room to Monica Ramos' Emotional Ice Cream Booth for FUNHOUSE Book Fair.
Here, Sean Keonté and Joy Westkaemper lead a guided meditation and meal on their rooftop for the Experience Project.
Dynique Moore and Archerd Aparejo make a Filipino and Jamaican feast for the class for their Experience Project. They shared the carefully crafted cuisine while projecting a playful video of themselves preparing it in the background.
Here, for her Experience Project, Kristi Huynh creates a funeral-like ritual where others visit her shrine and pay homage to one of her past identities. Kristi had this idea in mind for some time, and it was my role as her professor to make space, provide tangible examples, and support her in her pursuit of this solo project when many chose to work in groups. "After my birth, my parents wrote my name as 'Kristi' on my birth certificate. But 21 years ago, my parents’ English was not perfect. They raised me to write my name as 'Kristy.' The people I met before 2017 and the family members who I grew up with referred to me as 'Kristy.'
'Kristy' was on every form. Every application. Every account. Not to inconvenience my future self, I reverted to my legal name in 2017, when I moved from California to Washington. Kristi took the place of Kristy. The persona of Kristy grew herself to become Kristi. Not everyone from Kristy’s life are present in that of Kristi’s. Not all of Kristy’s traits are present in Kristi. But some memorabilia from Kristy’s lifetime have made it into Kristi’s life. This catalog is a collection of some of them." - Excerpt from Kristi Huynh’s publication as part of her Experience Project.