Using silicone molds that I made from sculpting plasticine I created ice molds of myself (Red) and my partner (Blue). I slowed down “I’ll Melt With You” and add reverb and I placed it over a time-lapse of the ice molds melting in the sun. With entropy in mind, I wanted to create something that would eventually disappear as if it was never there.

(SAD), mixed media

In this video I made the acronym for ‘sad’ by using various minor notes on violin, guitar and bass. Using a perfect minor 5ths I translated the number 5 into a (S), a A minor on guitar for (A) and D minor on bass for (D). Visually I conveyed the idea of depression by using a collage of movie clips of anguish while overall making the quality of video decrease in light from note to note. The figure is a entity of depression that becomes fully engaged when covered in the shroud that represents when depression takes over. The halo circles her face showing she is always there.

This installation was inspired by Mexican folklore of a ceremonial burial of a newborns umbilical

cord. Traditionally, when a child is born the umbilical cord is buried in a location where they will always feel like home. In a way, the burial is a way to keep the child grounded to their roots and the child will never stray physically or mentally away from ‘home’. I combined found and recorded sounds like (cats meow, dog barking, trains and beer can opening) with music to portray an active and lively home and using a ranchero song I grew up listening to. The context of the the song is about a young man who is sad that his love left on a ship and he wished a hurricane would come and stop her from leaving. I made use of familiar materials like recycled cardboard for the house and chiffon fabric for the curtains. I formed polyfil for the clouds for a sense of time of day, yarn to represent the umbilical cord that trails from dirt to the home and popsicle sticks to create a perimeter. Inside I placed a lamp that would emit a warm glow from the windows of the home giving it a sense of welcoming. The made soundscape is tied to my Mexican-American roots from growing up in Houston, TX along with the kindness and love I felt growing up at my grandparents home.

This video is a combination of 2D and 3D elements to create a narrative of my first date with my husband. The song was written to coincide with the emotions I was going through in 2015.

Kay Weathers- The River

Animation by Ashley Rae Hernandez (www.arht.work)

Produced and Mixed by Josh Applebee