Artist Statement and Excerpts from My BFA Show - Spring 2016
J. Allen Wood Artist Statement As a keen observer and record keeper of my many life experiences and involvement with industry, I tend to incorporate fragments of these details into my projects, with the aim of entertaining, stimulating, or questioning what is or what might be. Formally induced by academic timelines to produce such works, I have embraced the exciting medium of digital video and still image/graphic production. Equally important to me is how music and sound frequently accompany my projects as integral components of communication. I tend to choose subjects that reflect American social attitudes about consumerism, politics, morality, spirituality, work, and relationships. In some cases, my goal is simply entertainment from my point of view or to generate a marketing piece with aesthetic qualities to encourage interest. In my recent project Floral Gables , a television title sequence exercise, I attempted to capture the essence of a unique true story