Throughout the year we visited an abundance of exhibit and saw work by different types of people. A pattern that I noticed in a lot of the artists is that they didn’t have a big loving family to support them through life. New York City isn’t viewed as a romantic city. Most people see NYC as intimidating and aggressive. A lot of New Yorkers live here by themselves with little family. I decided to use my artwork to show something that we don’t often see portrayed in NYC. I wanted to build a love story through my scrapbook collage. I wanted my project to show a couple meeting and growing old together while going through ll of the experiences NYC has to offer. I wanted to create a collage because I used to scrapbook when I was younger and a lot of my life now revolves around doing work on my computer. I wanted to take advantage of this project and use some creativity. I also got to use material that I wouldn’t usually use to create something colorful and pretty on physical paper. I think this medium enhances the story because it makes it a bit abstract and lets the viewer build his own version of the story I intended. It also makes the viewer think about what is being presented to them because there is no explanations and very few words. In a part of the collage I included a “date” portion, to show all of the fun and unique things there are to do in NYC. Even though NYC isn’t considered to be the most romantic city, there are still a lot of things to see, that you can’t experience in any other city. I also included a lot of glamour in my collage. I also included some pictures of a possible apartment the couple would live in. It looks very small and packed in but still has a feel of glamour and prestige that NYC has to offer. I think NYC can be very glamorous and extravagant and I wanted to incorporate that in my collage. I think I did a good job taking advantage of NYC literature and using the pictures to tell a story through my collage. If I had to do this over, I would probably use a bigger background paper so I can include more detail in my story. I think right now my collage leaves a lot to the imagination and allows the viewer to build their own version, but I would have definitely liked to be able to include more details that pertain specifically to New York City. A lot of the things that I didn’t get a chance to include, involved the architecture and points of interest New York City has to offer.
