This past week, I was given the opportunity to see the art gallery, “Domain”, located on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. The gallery was comprised of art-work made by the artists; Jessica Bardales, Humberto Cayetano, Katsumi Gibo, Mike Lewis, Cisco Mojica, and Catherine Vu.
Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to interview Catherine Vu. Upon this interview, I learned that Catherine is currently a Senior at Cal State Long Beach and does not live on campus. She had always wanted to pursue a career in art but says that when she was little, she had a different idea of what art really was. Her theme in the majority of her most recent works has been focusing on the concept that “no specific medium depends on what specific message it carries”. On top of being an artist, Catherine also spends her free-time reading about things that she is interested in. Regarding what Catherine plans to do after graduation, she says that she just “wants to survive”.
Catherine Vu’s pictured above art-piece was inspired by Instagram and the internet in general. She further explained the inspiration for this piece by claiming that “social media has become a reality and seems more real to you than what is actually going on in your real life”.
A quote that Catherine Vu used to explain her contributions to the gallery is featured below:
“Let’s just ahead to the moment of epiphany, in gold light, as the camera pans to where the action is, lakeside and back-lit, and it all falls into frame, close enough to see the blue rings of my eyes as I say something ugly”, as said by Richard Siken in Litany in Which Certain Things are Crossed Out.
Emma Madsen 