For this micro-project, I found I struggled a little bit with defining a place I could call my own on campus. Other than class, I spend most of my time in my room on my bed studying. Therefore I actually chose two places to signify as my own on campus: my room and the classroom. I used this idea to blend the idea of both places together resulting in these three images. For my statue I also blurred the lines a bit into what we can define as a statue. Since I sit in my bed most of the time I found it fitting to use that as my focal statue for the images. In the first image I incorporated the bed onto a white projector screen. I used the projector screen as a starting point for this photo set because in a lecture hall it is the first thing your eyes are drawn to and the center of your attention for most of the time. I placed my bed on the screen to show my presence in the room and to provide a vivid connection between my role of studying on my bed and paying attention in class.
For the second image, I repurposed my 'statue' a bit by covering the chairs in the lecture hall with the comforter print from my bed. I felt that this would provide a connection between the roles of where I sit to do my work both in and out of the classroom. To do this, I chose a row of chairs and covered the backs of them with my comforter print.
For my last and final image, I refocused my attention to the front of the room where the lecturer's podium stood. I wanted to make my 'statue' smaller in this picture because I felt this space for me didn't receive a whole lot of my attention. For this image I used the projection camera that lecturer's use to show their work up on the screen similar to how it would be used in a class. This also ties into my first image which portrayed the image on the screen. I especially like how your eye for this picture too is still drawn to the bed because of it's bright red colors against the mainly neutral background.
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