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November 30,1994 Campus Extras 7 Mixed media artist promotes the Communication Generation by Ashley Peay A young, energetic college student entered the Gaddy-Hamrick Art build ing on Sun., Nov. 13 around 9 p m. and made her way to the stairwell. She began unloading newspapers, photographs, campaign signs, bumper stickers, television monitors, radios, answering machines and telephones. The next morning around 10 a.m., as art students climbed the stairs on their way to class, the student was still hard at work, and during the night, a major transformation in the stairwell’s appearance began to take place. For four or five more nights, the student continued to work diligently until dawn, and her project was finally com plete. From the description, one may think that Michelle Matheny, a 26 year- old re-entry student at Meredith was busy campaigning for the Democratic party when, in actuality, she is busy with her final project, an installation in the stairwell, before gradu ating in De cember. An instal lation is “a temporary work of art which is of ten an assem blage or en vironment created for a specific space,” explained Matheny in a tele phone interview last week. “Installa tions became popular in the 1970’s and 80’s and a lot of times are partici patory free art such as asking observ ers to eat candy and throw the wrap pers on the floor,” said Matheny. Matheny spent time observing other installations before she asked herself. photo by Jan Seate and Laura Ross i) i) MECCDITH ACUA ANGELS PRESENTS "HARK!! THE KEARVO ANGEIS SWiM.. AN GPIGINAL PEPECPMANCE >VEATPEPSPGCN GTH PCCL WEPNESPAY, NGVEMOEP 3C €:C€P.M., EPEE APHISSICN!!!! ff ft fr ff ff ff “O.K. What do I have that can go into this space and what is a com- m o n thread?” NUiay began to see that commu nication was a theme that seemed present throughout her collection and she said this is when she came up with the idea for “The Communication Gen eration.” Approximately 200 telephones and answering machines were stacked to gether and painted in primary colors to produce the entranceway for “The Communication Generation.” Matheny explained, “I am really interested in communicating with people and feel like communication is something that holds people together. ” “I like every art that 1 do from pottery to painting to photography," stated Matheny, “That’s what was so neat about the stairwell. 1 got to use it all, and I plan to reuse what 1 pull up to create more art.” As the stairs ascend, the photo graphs on the wall capture different moods and emotions, and Matheny carried these emotions one step fur- FBI continued from page one are given while at the academy to determine an applicant’s acceptance into the line of work. Women are re quired to do the same type of excercises as men, only fewer are required to earn points. Physical fitness excercises given include pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, 120- yard shuttle run, and the two-mile run. Flemming described jobs with FBI as challenging and exciting and said that working for the FBI “is a great job for people who have a little adventure in them and don’t mind moving to different places.” ther by using music to set a mood. The radio which was in the landing was there for people to “change the station if they didn’t like what they were hearing, allowing the audience to set their own mood for the art work,” said Matheny. Television monitors and photo al bums were also stacked in the landing below Matheny’s sculpture of a woman with 12 arms which was made out of aluminum foil. The sculpture repre sented women in motion, and Matheny stated, “I feel like women have to have that many arms.” The sculpture was also adorned with Christmas lights that worked to the music. Matheny lives in an old renovated horse barn in Zebulon and says, “I can’t throw anything away. I have so many unfinished projects.” Upon graduating Matheny will re ceive a B.A. degree in art with a con centration in photography and mixed media. She plans to open her own business in Zebulon which will be called “Infinity Arts. ” She plans to free lance as an artist and photographer selling her art work and continue to wait tables at Lone Star Restaurant. “I have too much living to do to get a real job right out of college, so I plan to work for myself for a while, ” Matheny said. Asked how Matheny would sum her personality up into one word, she first replied “crazy.” She then laughed and said, “No, creative, but I don’t want to sound too vain.” Currently Flemming is investigat ing an insurance fraud and a bank fraud in two different cities. Flemming commented that the popular movie Silence of the Lambs portrays the FBI as it really is. The average starting salary is $34,000, accoridng to Flemming. She said that more information on jobs with the FBI could be obtained by contacting A1 Koehler, who covers FBI recruitting for the Raleigh area.
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