Author: vdrobot

Tory’s Book Stacks

The Establishment Man
how DO you become a witch?
The Mother In Law

For my book stacks, I wanted to play around with themes and narratives.

I think the first stack combines themes of toxic masculinity with American culture. I was inspired by Trump’s attitude and tone when speaking to the American people.

The second stack was simply the combination of spooky creatures (witches and vampires). The witch book is actually about practicing Wicca, while the vampire book is a fictional novel. I wanted to combine the real spiritual practice with the horrors people think of when they hear “witch”. I also think its formed a fun answer to the question presented in the witch book.

The final stack was intended to be funny. I Think many of us know a mother in law who gives someone anxiety. I liked the phrasing of “my age of anxiety” after “THE MOTHER IN LAW”. It seems like she IS the age of anxiety.

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Tory’s work

Week 6: video art:

Please See Jackie’s page for details on our collaboration!

throwback to Experimental studio 2 two years ago

Bread: The Rise and Fall podcast!

I followed the class recipe and man oh man. This recipe changed the game.
I love bread. This quick bread made me feel so accomplished

Food ART:

Cheeto pyramid, Victoria drobot 2020
The bright Cheeto dust colour reminds me of this work by Wolfgang Laib. He uses pollen to make these fantastic swatches on the ground. I find the colour to be quite similar.
pomegranite print, 2020 Victoria Drobot

My Love of Borscht and family !

Borscht
Beet Dye on canvas, 2020

Week 4: video portrait week

Week 4: research

Week 4: video portrait #1

Social Distancing Video Portrait 1

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Zoe

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“I was on exchange in London when I was told to come home. It really hasn’t been too bad, man. I hate online school and I could use a break from my family… but I’m thankful to have my health and safety. I’ve become a lot more introverted and to myself. I think we’ve all grown from this and now have a better grip on who we are”

More to come

Tory’s Notes: I filmed Zoe in front of her house. We were about to go on one of our nightly Starbucks runs we usually meet up once every two weeks and go on a walk with some tea. These interactions let us walk outside which is a socially distanced way of staying connected. The fresh air and good conversation is a sort of ritual we have done since highs cool. It felt special to take a portrait of her in these weird times. I like to compare this to the old photos we have together to see how different life is now.

I shot this with my Huawei P30 Pro with flash because it was dark.

week 4: Video portrait #2

Social Distancing video portrait

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Dorothy

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“you know me… I was socially distancing long before this all started. We are living through some strange times. I feel like all I do is watch CNN and come up with new home projects to do these days.”

More to come

Tory’s Notes: This is my mom. She let me take her video portrait when she came back from the hardware store. She is currently doing the kitchen cabinets in the basement and painting the original Brick white. I feel that we have gotten closer in this time. I do feel that she misses seeing family and her friends. She is 62 so her friends are a lot more reluctant to see people (due to their risk). She is the strongest person I know. I can see that throwing herself into her work makes her feel accomplished. We work together on these projects a lot. It feels good to make and repair our house when the world is in chaos and only seems to get worse.

week 3 Banner assignment: “Day 235”

I wanted my banner to document how many days it has been since Corona impacted my life. On may 5th, 2020 we were in the welding shop on campus and by the end of class, all the schools in Ontario had closed. The FASTWÜRMS said this would probably be our last day together and it was. We never went back to campus after that. I have not counted every day and documented my daily pandemic experience. The days seem to form a blur. I think of this time as being in a black hole. We don’t know when it will end. We only know we are in it and try to settle in to the new normal. Highlighting day 235 is ironic to me. There is nothing special about this day… or the last… or the next. Yet a banner implies a celebration. I think by highlighting one average day and the number, I celebrate the idea and hope of being in the middle. The middle of the COVID-19 black hole .

I hung the banner over my office. the time and days I’ve spent here seem to blur together. I figured I should celebrate this.

week 3 Banner Art notes:

week 3 research notes:

week 2 assignment and research

week 2 research:

week 2 Writing Assignment:

week 1 assignment and research

For my book stacks, I wanted to play around with themes and narratives. 

I think the first stack combines themes of toxic masculinity with American culture. I was inspired by Trump’s attitude and tone when speaking to the American people. 

The second stack was simply the combination of spooky creatures (witches and vampires). The witch book is actually about practicing Wicca, while the vampire book is a fictional novel. I wanted to combine the real spiritual practice with the horrors people think of when they hear “witch”. I also think its formed a fun answer to the question presented in the witch book.

The final stack was intended to be funny. I Think many of us know a mother in law who gives someone anxiety. I liked the phrasing of “my age of anxiety” after “THE MOTHER IN LAW”. It seems like she IS the age of anxiety. 

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