Self Portraits

Self-portraits are typically associated with images of the human figure, especially the face. Traditionally, the artist creates a direct representation of themselves, manipulating color and light in order to convey emotional or autobiographical information. Similarly, our box projects Six Sides describe our personal histories and sense of selves, but through …

General: Found Art/ Found Object

Found objects/art derives from the French term objet trouve. It is the idea of taking an object that typically has no art function and modifying it to become an art object. The social context of a found object is what gives the object an identity. Examples of art incorporating found …

Time Machine by Moonhee Sung

The box that forms as miniature museum and a personal manifesto throughout a physical expression and condensation of the way how I …

General: Design Process

The design process for these boxes encompasses a theme of utilizing readymade or found materials. In almost all of the process, we …

“Time Machine” by Moonhee Sung, Wooden Trunk Chest, 11″ x 7″ x 5.5″, 2013

General Blurb

In Studio Art 65A – Foundations of Media Design,  inspired by Joseph Cornell, we have each assembled and designed a portable box …

My Box

  According to my manifesto, I criticized both Chris Burden and Alejandro Jodorowsky for mocking and defacing Christ and His crucifixion through their …

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