Sophia Noya | Staff Writer
This Saturday, twenty-seven BFA students will clock into the Laundromat Art Space to display their art at the “Clock In, Clock Out” exhibition, celebrating 10 years of collaboration between the organization and FIU.
Curated by FIU professor Sandra Ramos and Laundromat Art Space Director Ronald Sánchez, the works shown will be from students taking Thesis II, where they are asked to create a collection of work using the skills they’ve acquired from the program.
“This exhibition essentially showcases the cumulative efforts and learnings of each student through one final piece of work,” wrote Elizabeth Montenegro, a Senior BFA student studying Digital Art with an Animation track, who will be displaying her work at the exhibition.
Montenegro’s work, titled “Do Liars Dream of Bladed Judgment?”, combines original storytelling, video installation and animation. Other students elected to create paintings, sculptures, or interactive pieces for the show.
This freedom resulted in a large variety of artistic expression: “Since the medium is up to each student’s choice, there’s a wide range in the types of works on display, from single channel videos, to sculptures, and even video games as a container for the themes or narratives each artist intends to touch upon,” wrote Montenegro.
To successfully bring about the exhibition, the Thesis II students worked together to organize, promote, and execute the show after being given only about a month to pull it off.
“From very early on, all of the necessary tasks regarding preparation need to be taken on, or an exhibition risks falling awkwardly on its face before the big day even comes,” wrote Montenegro about the need for teamwork when planning an art show.
The show’s alliterative title is inspired by the punching in and out of a vintage time card, symbolizing the BFA student’s education journey at FIU from beginning to end.
Montenegro urged people to come out in support of the student artists this Saturday.
“It isn’t only the artists and curators that make an exhibition successful, it’s also the people who stop by to take a look around, and maybe even get inspired to create something new for themselves,” she wrote.
The “Clock In, Clock Out” exhibition will be held on Oct. 18th at the Laundromat Art Space between 6-10 pm.
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