Becoming Insect Student Projects (select)

Becoming Insect was a hybrid seminar at Queens College CUNY that explores the shifting line between contemporary art and social practice through the lens of what we consider the human and the non-human. The objective of the seminar is to transform the classroom into an experimental platform that produces knowledge while critically transforming -or perhaps we should say critically meta-morphing- our everyday practice of art, life, and learning. By focusing on the figure of the insect as it appears in art, science, philosophy, and popular culture students are developing collaborative projects including the following experimental clothing design aimed at helping Occupy Wall Street winter-over at Zuccotti Park in NYC.

Protest Vest: Craftivism Group

Occupy Wall Street Protest and Winterization Vest: Video

Collapsible Protest Structure: Architecture Group:

Packing Foam Cocoon Coat: Edith Rosario

 

Thermal Mask and Winter Coat: Min Tian

 

Disappearing Outfit: Mimicry Group

Cocoon Coat: Diana Chun