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Laura Hood
  • Class of 2013
  • Persia, IA

Laura Hood of Persia Creates Installation Art at Huntington University

2011 Oct 5

With gaff tape, Mountain Dew cans and some string, five Huntington University students, including Laura Hood of Persia, IA, created art on campus. It's not anything they expect to last long, but that was not the point of this class assignment. The point is the transformation of that art over time.

Students in the theater department's Fundamentals of Design class created pieces that are currently situated in trees and on steps around campus - at least for the time being, barring no new weather pattern or outside tampering.

"The project is something we have been building up to over the course of the past four weeks through watching a video by Andy Goldsworthy, a famous installation artist who is still working regularly," said Jonathan Hicks, assistant professor of theater. "Each student is exploring how art can communicate to a campus through different elements of life that are important to them."

Hood's piece is titled "Family Tree Bonds." Hood's piece is red twine interlaced around a tree. It is located near the Richlyn Library. "I learned a lot. I got to know the tree really well and appreciate the tree," Hood said about the project.

Hood is a senior Film Studies major.

The next step in the process is to document the decay of each piece whether destroyed by rain or dropped from a tree through the course of nature, and then reflect on its meaning.

A photo of Hood is available online at http://www.huntington.edu/News-Releases/Home-Page-News/Students-install-art-around-campus/. Click on the photo to open and download the high-resolution image.

Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest, and Forbes.com has listed the university as one of America's Best Colleges. Additionally, Princeton Review has named the institution to its "Best in the Midwest" list. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington University is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in northeast Indiana. The university is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU).

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