Names and gender assumptions

Names and Gender Assumptions, Chaz Howkins, 2016, digital manipulation

A visual exploration of how language can be used to imply gender and the importance of names in relation to identity.

Assigning gender to lines

Names and Assumptions, Chaz Howkins, 2016, pen and pencil

An exploration of the associations made between use of language (names) and gender.

A PSA about my name

It's Pronounced Shaz, Chaz Howkins, 2016, pencil & pen

Unexpected uses for a cardboard box

Imaginary Window 1, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photo manipulation

Imaginary Window 2, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photo manipulation

As a response to the brief, I wanted to respond to the cardboard box how a child might, as children can take mundane objects and use their imagination to see potential in them.  This led me to imagining the cardboard box as a window into another world, which I visually communicated by creating these photo manipulations which transport the viewer from the run-down interior into a brighter, natural exterior.

Unexpected uses for a cardboard box

Cardboard Obstruction 1, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photograph

Cardboard Obstruction 2, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photograph

Cardboard Obstruction 3, Chaz Howkins, 2016, photograph

As a response to a brief requiring unexpected uses for a cardboard box, I created a series of photographs in which the cardboard was used as a means of obstructing the landscape.  As I obstructed more and more of the landscape with the cardboard, I found the photos more humorous as it becomes less obvious what the photograph is attempting to capture.

Unexpected uses for a cardboard box

Cardboard Boxer, Chaz Howkins, 2016, cardboard and tape

A visual pun. A small scale maquette for a sculpture I feel would be most successful if created life-size.