MOTHER, MOTHER

Authors

Paige Kooyenga, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Keywords

artists' books, Student Artists Book Contest, second

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2017

Major

Photography

Faculty / Course

Lindsay Beal, The Photobook

Materials + Techniques

photographic negatives

Student Narrative

I process through process, using my darkroom time as meditation. In there, I aim to slow my momentum and try to more closely examine that which may go beyond my understanding and bring it instead to a point of comprehension. In Mother, Mother, I apply this process to examine my relationships between myself, my biological mother, and my "surrogate" or "art mom": Here, I wanted to parse out the differences in these two relationships and see if I appeared any different depending on my company and level of ease. To me, the difference in my face (in two photographs taken days apart) is enormous, and I think that's what I expected.

Recommended Citation

Kooyenga, Paige; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "MOTHER, MOTHER" (2015). 2nd Student Artists' Book Contest 2016. 25.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest2nd2016/25