blue

summer

essentials

:

four

components

mixed media application experimental handiwork denoting gail’s five summer essentials, in all shades of blue.

in an effort to reframe the classic "what's in my bag" she has removed the bag, all together, therefore taking the viewer through the journey of the four components that make her five summer essentials their most useful.

featuring:

001: chloé prescription sunglasses 002: hand held portable fan 003: nintendo ds game case 004: airpods max 005: prescription glasses case

closed fists, open hands

mixed media image + excerpts stemming from the above titled autofiction prose poem.

gail deconstructs the traditional black-out poem, by retaining solely the words she wants the reader to feel in the moment; while also providing relevant image assets to complete the narrative.

the

mourning

of

change

gail applies a mix of live artifacts, stills, and hand written text to form a one x one square visual adaptation of the eponymous poem.

by restricting all elements to a single box, gail practices freedom in restraint—a true testament of the poetic genre form.