“TULPA”
October 2019, CASP Studio C

TULPA

The idea around Tulpa came from a recurring dream I’ve had since I was a kid of dying while my reflection smiled and laughed. It’s a very vivid memory and one that has stuck with me. I wanted to create something interact, slightly immersive, and with a story while also exploring the ideas of phobias and fears. The show featured all of my own phobias and bringing them to life weather it be teeth falling out, uncanny valley-like smiles, Tropophobia, the feeling of hair brushing your skin or something touching your foot when you get out of bed. Or your own reflection. This was the first time I’ve done installation work mixed with painted pieces. The show ran for the entirety of October and featured custom audio created by artist David Puga.

“Body Horror”
October 2021, CASP Studio C

Body Horror

Following TULPA, the idea was to do an interactive horror gallery every October but the pandemic hit and stopped all plans. Then in October of 2020 I went to the hospital for intestinal bleeding and was in the ICU for 6 days while they tried to stop it. I crashed 3 times and would have died if I didn’t go when I did. The experience was traumatic and has changed my life in many ways but I really discovered the fear and horror surrounding our own bodies. That was the idea around Body Horror where I explored that traumatic event in my life, telling the story of what happened and how I felt while covering topics ranging from death, life, religion, and our bodies. With more experience, this was more installation heavy and featured more mood lighting and real life medical footage. Again, custom audio was created by artist David Puga.

“Snap! A Collab”
July 2022, CASP Studio C

Snap!

After 2 horror galleries, Snap! was born out of an idea to take selfie rooms and twist them to be more interactive and immersive but to also bring more people into the interactive gallery realm. The studio was divided into 4 rooms with each room being a different collaboration between myself and an artist to bring an idea to life. What this resulted in was a collab between 7 total artists. The first room, “Symphony of Hues” was artist Peyton Leigh Scott’s collab and centered around a rainbow explosion masking the dark realities of being a female artist and bringing her colorful moody style to life. Room 2, “Rabbler’s Moving Hobby Room” by artists Sam Curtis and Scott Root, was coined as the anxiety art room with an overflow of so much stuff it’s overwhelming. An art room filled with half-finished projects morphing into small monsters threatening to surround the artist. Room 3, “House of News” by journalist Brandi Addison is based off the quote “If it bleeds, it leads” about the glorification of morbidity and death for headlines in mainstream media and responsible journalism. And Room 4, “Dust City 20XX” by David L. Puga and Rey Ramos, took the current issues facing Lubbock and brought them to the future, exploring the room of an activist named Max and a world where water is commodified and hoarded and the poor are left to eat dirt. Each featured notes, music, QR codes, and secrets for attendees to explore beyond taking photos. It ran from July 1st to July 17th.