Acquiescence represents the pressures we face to be normal within the classroom, the office or on campus as they are always increasing. Sometimes being different is a good thing. We need to learn how to have a voice our opinions and ignore our social self-­‐perception before this thing we call “normal” overwhelms us.

Color is the key element that brings the world around us to life. Each color symbolizes various feelings, emotions, virtues and values that we all associate ourselves with on a day-to-day basis. I want to show how these characteristics can be “brought to light”, on canvas, through the combination of specialized paints and illumination, revealing the meaning behind red, orange, yellow green and blue. This will give the person interacting with the piece a unique sense of what True Color means to them as an individual. The reason I’ve presented my piece in this format is to create a sense of how the interaction between sight and emotion are interpreted differently to us all.

Boundaries, both physical and virtual, manipulate our perception of space, scope, and scale. Expanse into digital territory further impacts our senses of confinement and potential. The way we view the world changes as our boundaries take new form.

Everyone has an opinion, and a different perception on the world. But each of these little opinions, form and mold one big picture of how the world really is. I have created a "blank slate" chalkboard, jigsaw puzzle that each person can interact with. Each person can draw whatever they want on a puzzle piece and interlock one piece with another to create the big picture. The creation as a whole doesn't have to convey a specific image, it is how you perceive what you are seeing. "

According to Psychology Today, first judgements often occur in a fraction of a second. Automobiles, a common status symbol in the United States, can change the perception that those around them have of the driver regardless of its validity. Mahala J. Bloom explores the misconceptions of these vehicles as accurate symbols of stature, and the surprise when one realizes, in a single fleeting moment, that the person behind the wheel of the shiny red mustang next to you is a 75 year old granny rocking horn-rimmed glasses.

Hypnagogic sleep is the stage of consciousness just before restful sleeping. Characterized by a prismatic presentation of bursts of colors, patterns, and flashes. This state of mindfulness may unleash a new reaction from person to person, and in some cases is never remembered by the person as they slip into unconsciousness.

As human beings we are incredibly visual creatures. Yet we don't see with our eyes, instead we are constantly perceiving with our minds. Because of this our minds can be tricked into seeing objects that may at first glance seem to defy the rules of perspective. Recognizing the role that perspective plays in our spacial cues is key in understanding how we react to our environment and interact with one another.

My artwork explores the way we, as individuals, perceive time. If time is typically perceived as past, present, and future, does the present really have any time lapse? Can we perceive a motion in time when each frame is perceived as motions occurring simultaneously? Through 12 multi-media sculptures, I push the question of time and its relationship to the present, past, and future within a second of time. Each sculpture is a representation of 2 frames from a 24 frame per second motion. What are your views when the world of philosophy and reality collide? How do you view time and motion?

Light, also called luminous energy interacts with objects to create a perception. This interaction can create an awareness of what is being depicted. I have created an interactive light installation that allows the viewer to engage with luminous energy and the abstraction it creates."

I am a senior at the University of Akron. My piece is about how blind people understand color by sound, and seeing if viewers can understand a color by sound without seeing the color on the screen.

When a image is manipulated through enlargement and cropping, your perception may be changed or distorted. Interpretation varies from person to person when viewing abstract images. Inspired by Rorschach's Inkblot test, this interactive piece uses both aspects to reveal the real image

Around the world many cultures use hand gestures that have many different meanings. Hand gestures that seem harmless in America could mean something really offensive in other cultures. To avoid misunderstanding, people should familiarize themselves with the meanings of the most common hand gestures used in other parts of the world.

Looking into a crowd everyone seems normal right? But when you look deeper into who they actually are it can be a scary place. This piece is about finding that inner self whether it be anger, crazy, insane or something completely different.

We all have various behaviors as human beings that coexists in what is considered to be our behavior spectrum. Here I have decided to visually depict both my obsessive and impulsive behaviors through expressive line. The black lines are repetitive and symbolic of my OCD traits whereas the colorful lines are random and energetic which can represent my ADHD side. These two primary elements interact with one another as I visually express the ins and outs of their relationship through time.

Everybody attempts to live their lives to the fullest. Coming to the United States from another country allowed me to take a step back from the daily grid and allowed me to see two different cultures as a whole. There is a difference on what we think, what we assume, what we see, and what we actually know about another culture or country.

Have you ever looked at someone and judge them by the cover then opening up that book to see what lies on the inside then the outside view? Well you will find in this art piece that everyone has a perspective view of things, objects, and appearances especially people. My idea is to show two perspectives views of how people view me and how I view myself. I wanted to focus this project on how people views things from a different angle. I hope that you enjoy this work piece and really evaluate you self before you evaluate someone else.

Spectrum is overlapping sequences of thoughts and opinions in our exploration of varied but related ideas. Sixteen seniors will create this exhibition by pushing their creativity and stepping away from what is comfortable. This vast subject has enticed us to explore it further from our own angles and points of view. Perception can be clear and up front or defy reality and leave you guessing. How will you perceive our spectrum of work?