All in all, I found this assignment interesting. Other than the process of collecting and re-piecing together, I did not find anything that I plan to carry over into my own work from Alison's. Some aspects of our work are already similar. We both create a new space or world from observation or collections of reality. I thought that this was an interesting discovery. Rebuilding a piece of Alison's work made me appreciate the work that goes into one of her works of art. But the real discovery came from the interview process. This was the area that I enjoyed the most. Being able to see not only what she has done but how she is thinking. I think that her work really has the potential to go places.

The Future

In the future, Alison's work will still deal with Utopia and her process with be what it is now, with the deconstruction of other images of paradise. However he work will have a different edge to it. She will build up Utopia but then she will add an element or two that makes that idealized place seem wrong or tainted. She will be deconstructing paradise physically then it will become a mental deconstruction of what paradise is.

Alison's Work and My Version of This Piece

The first image is Alison's collage and the second image is mine. Her painting was done with cutting out images and using medium to put them back together. Mine was done in photoshop but with the same process. Taking pieces from many different sources to create Utopia.