Asher Korn: capstone

2021 Spring.Colorado State University Art and Art History Department capstone project.Capstone contains the artist's statement, a list of works, and images of works.The artist's statement: My artist work is reflective of different types of artistic creation I have been exposed to throughout my life. I use many traditional art practices, as well as everyday objects I find in the street or random places to create something new, unique and original. I utilize skills I have learned from printmaking, photography, painting, illustration, fiber, woodwork, collage, writing, and audio. I started creating at a very early age, and I remember some of my first pieces were made by drawing and cutting out paper doll characters, outfit ideas, and anything else that I wanted to explore on paper. The more I started making things the more I started drifting toward abstract expressionism, using art as a form of self-expression to communicate feelings I wasn't able to put into words. Sometimes these pieces are incredibly meaningful to me and serve as a reaction to what I am feeling or thinking at a given moment. A large body of my work is dedicated to learning and exploring the concept of chromesthesia; a neurological condition that I have where I experience sounds as having corresponding colors. I try to communicate this experience through paintings, pastel illustrations, and simple line drawings to explain the complexities of what music looks like. It's an incredibly nostalgic feeling, like thinking about a memory where you can visualize what happened, but you can't physically see it. I can see colors, patterns, and textures with sound, but it's not occupying my physical space. The colors aren't really there. I am dedicated to teaching others about synesthesia, the umbrella term for this condition, where any two parts of the brain touch and two senses become combined into one. It's both a very common condition and not well known because many people who have synesthesia don't realize they have it. Other work includes mixing and matching various everyday items that are often overlooked as a form of upcycling in addition to using existing media to create something fresh. I love the "do it yourself" attitude and I always try to use what I have on hand before I incorporate new elements into my work, which bleeds into my passion for the 90s and punk subcultures. Luckily, my day jobs also reflect this passion, which have allowed me to also become a concert photographer, audio producer, and a published writer. I love the local music scene here in Fort Collins, Colorado and a lot of my work is inspired by local music and I have worked with various artists and helped them with some of their projects like album design, promotional photography shoots, and lending audio help or my voice for a few audio tracks