The Monumental Selfie Project

The Monumental Selfie Project

The Monumental Selfie Project

Icons in the Making

The Monumental Selfie Project at The Center for Art and Social Engagement is coming soon.
 
 
Gallery Location
 

Three Interactive Installations

MSP is an interactive, multi-discipline collaborative art engagement project at the Center for Art and Social Engagement that humanizes concepts of public monuments rendering them accessible and aspirational in seeing one’s own potential for personal greatness.
Green Screen Selfies
Insert yourself into The Sister Chapel monument in front of a green screen and a Sister Chapel painting background.
 
Sister Sounds
Experience an immersive sound recording portraying the voices of the iconic women of The Sister Chapel.
 
The Janis Project
Take a selfie with larger than life-size inflatable, multiculturally inspired heads by artist Frank Hyder. These air-filled sculptures, which have their roots in street art and inflatable toys, reference the Moai of Easter Island, the Olmec heads of Mexico, and Janus, the two-headed ancient Roman god of new endeavors. Janis is a gender-neutral representation and carries a message of balance, harmony, equality, and goodwill.

 

Thank You to MSP Collaborators and Participants 

School of Earth and Environment
Jennifer Kitson, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Planning, & Sustainability 
Contributor to project concept development and program collaborator with the Women’s and Gender Studies.
 
Edelman College of Communication and Creative Arts 
Biomedical Art & Visualization Program
Amanda S. Almon, M.F.A. C.M.I.
Assistant Professor, Program Coordinator Biomedical Art & Visualization
Provided technical assistance with the green screen applications, function and capture and is contributor to project concept development.
 
Paxton Allen
Student, Biomedical Art & Visualization Program 
Rendered the Sister Chapel paintings to be used as the green screen selfie backgrounds.
 
Department of Radio, Television and Film
Casey Holcombe
Television Production Coordinator
Sean O’Leary
Film Production Coordinator
Provided initial consultation on technical solutions for the green screen capture.
 
Department of Art
Jim Greenwell
Studio Technician
Provided technical assistant for installing the Janis sculptures.
 
College of Performing Arts
Department of Theatre and Dance
Dr. Christopher Marlowe Roche
Associate Professor and Musical Theatre Coordinator
Professor Roche directed freshmen theatre students to write and recite the scripts based on the iconic women subjects in the Sister Chapel paintings. 
 
Student Actors
 
Angelica Cabral
Voice of Frida Kahlo
 
Elliot Colahan
Voice of Marianne Moore and Lilith
 
Emily DeRose
Voice of Betty Friedan and Superwoman
 
Erica Gerold
Voice of Joan of Arc and Artemisia Gentileschi
 
Magdelyn Kelly
Voice of God and Woman Hero
 
Emilia Weiss
Voice of Durga and Bella Abzug
 
Rowan University Libraries Digital Scholarship Center, Campbell Library
Michael Benson, Coordinator
Recorded the student actors performing their SC characters
 
Rowan University Art Gallery
Student Staff
Nate Whyte
Leann Carlson
On-site technical coordinators for taking selfies