Artist’s Bio: As two-term editor in chief of The University of Nevada, Reno’s student newspaper The Nevada Sagebrush, Jessica Fryman is interested in preserving history in its truest form. She is a fourth-year student at UNR, with a major in print journalism and a minor in digital media. Outside her journalistic ambitions, she plays piano and enjoys teaching others. Jessica plans to travel to Central or South America to teach English after graduation in hopes of becoming more globally cultured and aware. She will then seek a storytelling job at a news organization.
Project Synopsis: The proposed memorial would be a stream of photographs and video accompanied by audio. The images would show stories of Iraqi civilians’ lives, the War and contrast the several memorials for U.S. deaths to the few for Iraqi deaths. The images would consist of family photographs and newspaper clippings. The video would be a mixture interview clips of families affected by the War and footage from combat. The audio would match the images, and consist of narration of the War facts, death statistics, voices of families sharing personal stories, meaningful songs and other relevant sound effects, such as gunshots or crying.
The ideal showing for this project would be in quiet, intimate settings. Rather than project the memorial on the side of a busy subway station or on a billboard, the most appropriate place would be public spaces that are still quaint and reverent, such as coffee shops, cafes, libraries and local bookstores. These places are filled with an audience that is sophisticated enough to appreciate the work, but are also sometimes too busy to seek the art out on their own. These quaint places would provide the effect of surprise, since it’s not a gallery or museum, while still being intimate enough to allow the viewer to take in the meaning, and react through writing about it or crying. Here is a rough, simplified example. Here is a link to a Web site featuring similarly styled work to what I would aim for in a final of this proposal.
Artist’s Statement: I feel that this project is a mixture of artistic and journalistic work, which fits my mindset and skills perfectly. I chose to memorialize Iraqi citizens in this way because it is both honorary stories of lives lost too soon, while not ignoring the larger issues, such as War. It is important to include the issues because it helps further a movement or make waves to create change more than a simple memorial would do. In this case, it brings to light an absence from the news.
Artist’s Contact Information:
Jessica Fryman
702-378-5010
fryman.j@gmail.com
http://www.jessdaniellecreativelyinspired.blogspot.com/
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