Tytana Calhoun
My name is Tytana Calhoun and I am a graduating senior at Columbus High School as of May 2020. I am the oldest of younger twin brothers and twin sisters, and in all honesty, yes, our house is always in constant chaos. I like to look at memes, art videos, and start pieces that will be left sitting against my wall for months because I refuse to finish it (in other words, I am just lazy). I am still a beginner to a ton of different mediums, but I am still willing to try and experiment with them. My favorite aspect about art is that I love documenting. I will write tons of notes about a new design that I thought of, or maybe I found out that certain mediums do not mix well together, honestly I will write a book on why red and yellow makes orange. I feel that documenting my journey along the way sparks new ideas and new designs in my work. Lastly, as of June 2020 I will be attending Georgia State University to pursue a degree in Marketing and continue to take art elective classes and remain active in their art organizations on campus.
Artist statement:
What triggers our nightmares?
How can I illustrate dreams?
How can my research be implemented into my works?
How can objects explain my investigation?
I am researching and investigating the theories that surround sleeping. In the beginning, I illustrated ideas that strictly revolved around nightmares and how concrete humans can remember them when we wake up. Conversely, I found that there are interesting aspects of dreaming. We dream occasionally 4 to 6 times per night but if we do see into our dreams, it only lasts for 4 seconds. Therefore, it is abstract and muddy of what we can recall. As my research continued, I uncovered that there are years of research on sleeping. It is a temptation where if something is not known, specialists will attempt to find out. I had to use objects to explain the research. It allowed me to explain experiences such as sleep paralysis. It is the “grey area” of our mind that is awake; however, we are not physically awake. People that experience often see a disfigured being or themselves when experiencing sleep paralysis. My investigation was self-driven by my research, other than pure assumptions and my imagination.