Jasmine Carag Portfolio

Repose

Using handmade blankets of crochet stretching overhead, I explore themes of comfort, love, and community. As a college student, I’m at a critical and stressful point in my life where I am simultaneously grappling with my identity while having the pressure to make crucial decisions regarding my post-graduate path. Amidst this turmoil, I sought out a project to act as a source of refuge, where the act of crochet became my daily meditation, and the cozy appeal of these blankets can instill a sense of comfort in its viewers. Inspired by the gift-giving culture of the crochet community, I began treating this installation as a gift from maker to viewer. Handmade gifts involve putting time and effort into an object without expecting anything in return. That’s a beautiful expression of love. Combining these ideas with the visual impact of yarnbombing, a movement that covers public spaces in crochet art, I sought to gift other students a space for rest and comfort.

Play at the Fort

Jasmine Carag, Kim Casas,
Michael Derango, Taylor Doubek, Ethan
Echols, Callie Elms, Sitong Fan, Kara
Hennessy, Day Lekberg, Nenna Rouse,
Natalie Serrano

When you were a child your mind was teeming with wonder and curiosity. The reason for this is because the mind was growing, developing, and experiencing the world around it. in the reading “Space and Place” by Yi Fu Tuan, chapter 3 is all about the development of a child and how they interpret space and place around them . Place represents security, while space represents freedom. For a child they do not know how to differentiate between the two until they explore and experience these complex concepts on their own . The more a child explores, the more they will be able grasp the way of the world. This installation “Play at the Fort” gives the chance to transport back and experience this childhood nostalgia. The students of Installation Art 334 jumped into the mind of their younger selves in order to take an unfamiliar space and transform it into a place of familiarity to let wonders and curiosities flood back into the minds of the viewers to once again feel like a child and experience the nostalgia.