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Syracuse University
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Terribly Unrealistic or Impractical Hopes, Dreams and
Goals
Jamie Shoneman, Art Photography, Senior, Syracuse University
This work taps into the very human nature of imagination that plays such
a big role in the artist's life. As someone who is always dreaming of
something more, looking forward to a new opportunity, the artist decided
to compile her favorite dreams. The book was designed to be fun, colorful,
and elemental. It was to be more about the human creation of this piece
than about striving for perfection, another one of man's unrealistic or
impractical dreams. To make it clear that the book was made by hand, the
artist chose to use her own messy handwriting because in a way it is a
diary of her personal thoughts. Materials were selected based on their
reaction to being handled, such as fraying and bending, which reflects
the pressures of living and trying to fulfill these dreams. The book would
read very differently, and falsely, if it were made through technology
reproduction. It is delicate, tragic, funny, and above all else human.
Created in 2007 in an edition of three.
Jamie Shoneman recently graduated with a major in art photography from
the College of Visual and Performing Arts, and is expanding upon a previously
discovered love for making and altering books. She often uses found materials
to create conceptual pieces that work with themes including preservation
or alteration of the past and memory, the human experience, as well as
more humorous pieces of reality and her own personal experiences.
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