Belle Halt

“Memory on 10”Video, Projection, Installation03-30-2025
“Memory on 10” is a short video based on the subconscious’s visual sphere of memory on stimulant medication. 

The video is displayed through installation and projection.   

Stills from the video and projection are shown on the left, the full video is linked below.









 
“8”Video, Screen Print, Charcoal02-06-2025
“8” is a two layer screen print, expressing the process and repetition of muscle memory. The print edition is a visual representation of the history that becomes embedded into the human body.

Layer 1— Video frames

Layer 2— Hand and feet marks made from dancing (charcoal)

The final print is organized into four frames by eight frames, mirroring the counts of ballet music. The edition is also converted into a video, animation style. The video can be found here:


 
“(TOMYS) Thoughts of my younger self”Glass, Light, Photo, Acrylic Image Transfers12-18-2024
“(TOMYS)” expresses my connection to my siblings and how I perceive my own characteristics within them. My abstraction is an exploration of my own identity as a child, and how my growth has affected my younger siblings. This is purely observational, a study of myself and the way I feel about my impact as the eldest of three kids. 
“60”Video, CMYK Screen Print02-06-2025
“60” is a CMYK screen print representing how a moment can reflect the complexity and intersectionality of identity. 

People, space, and time are a form of identity. I identify with this moment and the space it takes up- with this person and the energy we hold together- with our actions togther and the statement it makes. 


The final print is organized into six frames by ten frames, making sixty total frames. There are four total prints, organized to make 24 frames in a column: representative of tracking time. There are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, and 24 hours in a day. 

The edition is also converted into a video, animation style. The video can be found here: 


 
“Phosphenes”Screen Print, Ink, Photo, Canvas Panel11-01-2024
“Phosphenes” is an experimental piece using pulls of screen printing ink - dropping and pulling to create negative shapes. It explores the idea of negatives, and how light creates negatives behind our eyelids. Something that fascinated me as a child, these shapes move and float when eyes are closed. Most of the time, these shapes are molten red and orange - due to the blood within the eyelid. The things we see when we close are eyes are not only impacted by the influence of light, but also by memory.


I find that my own memory is purely visual. When I imagine a moment, person, place, or object - I see it behind my eyelids.  The visuals are almost never stable, and always in motion. At times, light and memories conjoin, creating a complex image. That experience is displayed physically as “Phosphenes”.
“Cooking in Studio 5”Adobe InDesign, Saddle Stich Bound Book12-10-2024
“Cooking in Studio 5” is a form of a cookbook, a classic style of print that contains recipes and ingredients. I used this format to present my artistic portfolio, with each work a recipe. The book is ordered by time, and all the page numbers are times of the day. The table of contents goes through an entire fifteen hour day, with each artwork representing a meal that corresponds with the time.

Each “recipe” goes through the directions of how to “cook” the artwork. This is informational of the creating process from both a technical standpoint, and as my perspective as an artist.
“1-19”Relief Print Carving (MDF) 11-22-2024
“1-19” is a chronological relief print representative of my identity. One print represents one year of my life, with MDF carved out as I continue to unveil more of myself.

Process is a big part of this work, using the experience of carving to guide the lines of the print. The lines flow in a way that mirror my internal experience of growth during the corresponding year; some fluid and circular, and some hard and sharp. 

Much like my progression of personal perception, none of the prints could be corrected after being carved. The method of printing is to use one relief block that is continually carved into. This continual carve, print, carve, print technique displays every step that makes up the final image.
 
This display acts similarly to how I feel about the display of my identity growth over my 19 years of life.






“OZ”Adobe InDesign, Photo10–24–2024
“OZ” is an experimental use of photo and text layout. The work prioritizes cohesive style and story telling through aesthetics. “OZ” redesigns the classic story of “The Wizard of Oz”, using the formatting of a magazine and a directed and styled photoshoot. 
“Ear worms”Photo, Acrylic Image Transfers, Animation, Projection10-11-2024
“Ear worms” is a video installation, using a hand drawn and scanned animation projected onto a set of image transfers. This encapsulates the feeling of a song that gets stuck in your head, and its impact on the brains way of keeping memory.  A tune that particularly sticks to ones memory is referred to as an ear worm,  due to the uncontrollable nature of music that seems to play in someones head over and over.  

Oftentimes music correlates to memories, and songs become associated with certain moments, people, or things in our life. This can cause music to spark visuals and extreme emotions, with sometimes no control. “Ear worms” is a visual description of that experience. 

“Ear worms” uses the song “Uncle ACE” by Blood Orange.
 

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