Caitlin Phelan

  Final Project: I knew for this final project that I was going to do something truly meaningful, and something that I am connected to and another piece of a project that I truly enjoyed making. The title of this work would be “Killer”. In this project I chose to do another series to my last project which was Alcohol Kills. This project was kind of a blanket statement over everything that was said in that project, but I wanted this project to cover every addiction possible. I don’t believe that people know all the different types of addictions there truly are so I decided to do research and find out the highest forms of addiction in America. According to valleyspringsrecovery.com , Alcohol addiction takes over 2.6 million annually, nicotine kills 8 million people each year, 1.3 billion users, and Cannabis use disorder is 52.2 million. These are just 3 types but there are many quiet killers that are forgotten; food, porn, gambling,etc. I chose to do almost a silent protest within my...

 Abstract: This project that I'm going to try to achieve is going to be similar to my project of "alcohol kills". I believe that addiction in our lives is such a huge issue, and I feel like it's truly not talked enough about. This project is going to be me going into public spaces and holding a sign that says "addiction kills". This is somewhat of a trend that's been happening for years, and I think it will be successful. This is a topic that I'm truly so passionate about and want to maybe even talk to some people about it. Artist Statement: I've known so many addicts in my life, and still have that continue to this day. Many of my family members were/are addicts and even went to jail because of the chains that hold them down. I think that our society points to partying and drugs to be something to aspire to and it looks inviting. It's so much worse than it's painted out to be, and there are many, many consequences to the actions from thi...

            I feel like throughout this course we have focused so intensely on the senses we experience on an everyday basis, and Infernal noise was such a complimenting writing to the class. Whitney wrote such a compelling piece of how music, or even just simple noise can be used as a form of political resistance. When I was reading I immediately thought of this, and though it was a bit of a reach, but the more I read, it kept adding more and more to prove the accuracy of my feelings. The infernal noise brigade was something I don’t think I had ever heard before, so I decided to watch a video of this marching band, and I was genuinely so shocked. The band performed such a wild and an all over the place performance, that it was so entertaining to watch and experience. Their sound wasn’t one that was necessarily enjoyable to listen to, but that made it more realistic to hear? It felt like a bunch of people angry about something, and trying to get a poin...

 For this "walk" I decided to do something that I knew wasn't going to be extremely difficult, but would get the most reaction from my family. Growing up I was extremely shy and honestly almost mute, it wasn't until my junior year of high school that I came out of my shell and really started having a personality and voice. I mean, my mom would literally order my food for me at restaurants. I decided to try and go back to that and not speak as much, only if I was asked a question. This was honestly a lot harder than I thought because I realized how much I love to talk to my family, and my sister in law is currently staying with us. Over the day I noticed that my parents felt like something was wrong, my mom kept asking me if I was grumpy or mad, and I kept having to say no and reassure them, but it didn't change anything and so I think like they felt they should just leave me alone. I'm currently engaged, and I think they thought I was fighting with my fiancé, ...