http://cargocollective.com FISH & ORGANS Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:44:45 +0000 http://cargocollective.com en http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Rape http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Rape Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:44:45 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 3501360 Dec 2012 Body As Narrative: The final garment had to be a shirt with a stripe. The concept is a window into the Rape of Nanking in the second world war. I created a striped fabric of Chinese characters that tell the story of this horror and holocaust in which Japanese soldiers made a killing game. In the details: gang rape, prostitution of young girls, and pregnant women’s bellies sliced open. Sons forced to rape their mothers; fathers forced to rape their daughters. Even monks who declared celibacy were forced to rape women. The Rape of Nanking has easily become a keystone in the construction of modern Chinese identity. Iris Chang’s novel about this massacre left an overwhelming impression on me when I first read it, and I have always wanted to return a bit of humanity to this trauma…externalizing it into the very thing we call art. <img src="http://payload60.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3501360/rape.jpg" width="670" height="298" width_o="2048" height_o="911" src_o="http://payload60.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3501360/rape_o.jpg" data-mid="25509597" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload60.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3501360/Michelle_Lin_Rape2.jpg" width="670" height="323" width_o="2048" height_o="989" src_o="http://payload60.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3501360/Michelle_Lin_Rape2_o.jpg" data-mid="27737432" border="0" align="left"/> Dec 2012 Body As Narrative: The final garment had to be a shirt with a stripe. The concept is a window into the Rape of Nanking in the second world war. I... http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Waking-Up-Is-Hard-to-Do http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Waking-Up-Is-Hard-to-Do Wed, 30 May 2012 00:44:48 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 3495392 Lab: Art Meets Science Six Week Assignment: Construct a themed Rube Goldberg machine that incorporates at least six mechanisms and that sends a golfball into the next group’s machine. My partner, Calvin, and I created a machine inspired by dreams and the sleep process. Joseph Herscher (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOMIBdM6N7Q) was one of our guest critics for the final critique. Lab: Art Meets Science Six Week Assignment: Construct a themed Rube Goldberg machine that incorporates at least six mechanisms and that sends a golfball into the... http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Feral http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Feral Tue, 22 May 2012 21:05:52 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 3456457 Excerpt from my narrative about a feral child who is taken in by French society, based on the real life Victor of Aveyron <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative30 copy.jpg" width="670" height="147" width_o="2048" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative30 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="18036017" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative18.jpg" width="670" height="148" width_o="2048" height_o="455" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative18_o.jpg" data-mid="17811399" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative17.jpg" width="670" height="144" width_o="2048" height_o="443" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative17_o.jpg" data-mid="17811303" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative25 copy.jpg" width="670" height="146" width_o="2048" height_o="448" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative25 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="17817745" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative19_13.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1758" height_o="1166" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456457/narrative19_13_o.jpg" data-mid="17817069" border="0" align="left"/> Excerpt from my narrative about a feral child who is taken in by French society, based on the real life Victor of Aveyron http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Dystopia http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Dystopia Tue, 22 May 2012 21:04:51 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 3456391 Excerpt from my sixteen page accordion book about a colorful dystopia <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1364" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book1_o.jpg" data-mid="17810801" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book6.jpg" width="670" height="491" width_o="1733" height_o="1271" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book6_o.jpg" data-mid="17810818" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book17.jpg" width="670" height="498" width_o="1597" height_o="1189" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book17_o.jpg" data-mid="17810864" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book5.jpg" width="670" height="494" width_o="1705" height_o="1258" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book5_o.jpg" data-mid="17810813" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book14.jpg" width="670" height="500" width_o="1691" height_o="1264" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book14_o.jpg" data-mid="17810843" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book9.jpg" width="670" height="497" width_o="1705" height_o="1267" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book9_o.jpg" data-mid="17810830" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book11.jpg" width="670" height="499" width_o="1596" height_o="1191" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book11_o.jpg" data-mid="17810835" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book12.jpg" width="670" height="493" width_o="1671" height_o="1231" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456391/book12_o.jpg" data-mid="17810837" border="0" align="left"/> Excerpt from my sixteen page accordion book about a colorful dystopia http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Never-Let-Me-Go http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Never-Let-Me-Go Tue, 22 May 2012 21:03:04 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 3456527 Remembered Time A ritual; a resurrection; always with me Featured in Parsons: Explorations and Outcomes Foundation Show at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries 2012 <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmegoinstall2.jpg" width="670" height="417" width_o="2010" height_o="1251" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmegoinstall2_o.jpg" data-mid="17811590" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmegoinstall3.jpg" width="670" height="401" width_o="1920" height_o="1150" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmegoinstall3_o.jpg" data-mid="17811592" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmego8.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1961" height_o="1307" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmego8_o.jpg" data-mid="18073854" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmego1_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2001" height_o="1334" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmego1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="17819279" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmego3.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2030" height_o="1353" src_o="http://payload57.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3456527/neverletmego3_o.jpg" data-mid="17819197" border="0" align="left"/> Remembered Time A ritual; a resurrection; always with me Featured in Parsons: Explorations and Outcomes Foundation Show at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries... http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Drawings-Paintings http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Drawings-Paintings Tue, 22 May 2012 21:03:00 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 1762990 Fullscreen <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_01.jpg" width="670" height="438" width_o="2048" height_o="1339" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_01_o.jpg" data-mid="17810748" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/communist1.jpg" width="670" height="482" width_o="2032" height_o="1462" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/communist1_o.jpg" data-mid="18073684" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/communist2.jpg" width="670" height="330" width_o="2048" height_o="1008" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/communist2_o.jpg" data-mid="18073696" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_02.jpg" width="670" height="910" width_o="2048" height_o="2783" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_02_o.jpg" data-mid="17810775" border="0" align="left"/> What Happened to You? <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/redandblack2.jpg" width="670" height="282" width_o="2048" height_o="862" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/redandblack2_o.jpg" data-mid="23293619" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/insideoutsidefinal.jpg" width="670" height="838" width_o="1452" height_o="1817" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/insideoutsidefinal_o.jpg" data-mid="23217824" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_04.jpg" width="670" height="915" width_o="2031" height_o="2776" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_04_o.jpg" data-mid="17810793" border="0" align="left"/> Three Degrees of Separation <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/dots2.jpg" width="670" height="431" width_o="1954" height_o="1259" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/dots2_o.jpg" data-mid="17812312" border="0" align="left"/> Ice <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_07_29.jpg" width="670" height="289" width_o="2000" height_o="863" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_07_29_o.jpg" data-mid="24838011" border="0" align="left"/> Flood <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_13.5.jpg" width="670" height="914" width_o="2048" height_o="2794" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_13.5_o.jpg" data-mid="17810842" border="0" align="left"/> Imaginary Homelands <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_07_5.jpg" width="670" height="887" width_o="705" height_o="934" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_07_5_o.jpg" data-mid="18648608" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_08.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="698" height_o="931" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_08_o.jpg" data-mid="17810805" border="0" align="left"/>| Homunculus <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_10.jpg" width="670" height="871" width_o="747" height_o="972" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_10_o.jpg" data-mid="17810812" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_11.jpg" width="670" height="505" width_o="910" height_o="686" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_11_o.jpg" data-mid="17810816" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_12.jpg" width="670" height="513" width_o="897" height_o="687" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_12_o.jpg" data-mid="17810819" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/michelle_lin_skeleton_final.jpg" width="670" height="848" width_o="1288" height_o="1632" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/michelle_lin_skeleton_final_o.jpg" data-mid="22359024" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_16.jpg" width="670" height="841" width_o="2048" height_o="2572" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_16_o.jpg" data-mid="17810880" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_17.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="1500" height_o="2250" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_17_o.jpg" data-mid="17810884" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_18.jpg" width="670" height="863" width_o="1451" height_o="1869" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_18_o.jpg" data-mid="17810887" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_31.jpg" width="670" height="845" width_o="1328" height_o="1675" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1762990/Michelle_Lin_31_o.jpg" data-mid="17812214" border="0" align="left"/> What Happened to You? Three Degrees of Separation Ice Flood Imaginary Homelands | Homunculus http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Catching-Shadows http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Catching-Shadows Fri, 11 May 2012 22:21:34 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 3389406 This narrative is based on the noble feats of a man named Don Ritchie who has talked over 150 people out of jumping to their deaths off the cliff of Sydney Harbor. Illustrating the concept of “catching lives”, I wanted to capture the process of one’s futile attempts at catching shadows projected against a wall, which represent those lost lives that could not be saved. In "Phenomenology of the Self", Carl Jung writes that the shadow aspect in people represent the thing we have no wish to be. Shadows are "part of the unconscious mind consisting of repressed weaknesses, shortcomings, and instincts... the shadow, in being instinctive and irrational, is prone to projection, turning a personal inferiority into a perceived moral deficiency in someone else..." "These projections insulate and cripple individuals by forming an ever thicker fog of illusion between the ego and the real world." <img src="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill2.jpg" width="670" height="382" width_o="1157" height_o="661" src_o="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill2_o.jpg" data-mid="17424569" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill3_3.jpg" width="670" height="385" width_o="1144" height_o="659" src_o="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill3_3_o.jpg" data-mid="18037000" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill1.jpg" width="670" height="418" width_o="1053" height_o="658" src_o="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill1_o.jpg" data-mid="17424568" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill5_4.jpg" width="670" height="393" width_o="1121" height_o="659" src_o="http://payload54.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/3389406/shadowstill5_4_o.jpg" data-mid="18037011" border="0" align="left"/> This narrative is based on the noble feats of a man named Don Ritchie who has talked over 150 people out of jumping to their deaths off the cliff of Sydney Harbor.... http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Through-the-Kaleidoscope http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Through-the-Kaleidoscope Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:21:36 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 1748767 Man-made, organic forms Featured in The Rhythm of the Day Exhibition at ArtsConnection 2011 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/C11.JPG" width="670" height="418" width_o="1000" height_o="625" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/C11_o.JPG" data-mid="8603178" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/straw3.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1024" height_o="683" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/straw3_o.jpg" data-mid="17818001" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/Kaleidoscope.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1440" height_o="958" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/Kaleidoscope_o.jpg" data-mid="8603190" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/IMG_0142.JPG" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/IMG_0142_o.JPG" data-mid="10623373" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/C10.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="800" height_o="532" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/C10_o.jpg" data-mid="8603177" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/03 copy.JPG" width="670" height="445" width_o="2048" height_o="1362" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/03 copy_o.JPG" data-mid="10623400" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/straw1.jpg" width="670" height="445" width_o="1024" height_o="681" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1748767/straw1_o.jpg" data-mid="17817992" border="0" align="left"/> Man-made, organic forms Featured in The Rhythm of the Day Exhibition at ArtsConnection 2011 http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Three-Pieces-of-Furniture http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Three-Pieces-of-Furniture Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:12:23 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 1749728 The photos and videos are a documentation of an endurance piece in which I composed myself as various pieces of furniture. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1749728/Furniture1.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1749728/Furniture1_o.jpg" data-mid="8622893" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1749728/furniture2.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1749728/furniture2_o.jpg" data-mid="8622895" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1749728/furniture3.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="750" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1749728/furniture3_o.jpg" data-mid="8622896" border="0" align="left"/> The photos and videos are a documentation of an endurance piece in which I composed myself as various pieces of furniture. http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/Cartwheels-and-Cycloids http://cargocollective.com/MichelleLin/following/MichelleLin/Cartwheels-and-Cycloids Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:05:16 +0000 FISH & ORGANS 1746086 Memorializing rhythmic body movements, captured through long exposure photography. I wrapped glow sticks around my wrists and ankles, and performed a series of cartwheels. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4579.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4579_o.jpg" data-mid="8593418" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4623.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4623_o.jpg" data-mid="8622837" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4624.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4624_o.jpg" data-mid="8622858" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4625.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4625_o.jpg" data-mid="8622871" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4596_6.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1440" height_o="960" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4596_6_o.jpg" data-mid="16661860" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4595_5.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1440" height_o="960" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/4/131995/1746086/IMG_4595_5_o.jpg" data-mid="16661858" border="0" align="left"/> Memorializing rhythmic body movements, captured through long exposure photography. I wrapped glow sticks around my wrists and ankles, and performed a series of...