Victoria Schultz Portfolio

Work samples

Compounded Consumption

Compounded Consumption is a modular installation piece representing the six dominant livestock industries in the United States. Through deep engagement with statistics, I’ve analyzed a number of components: lifespan, ecological impacts, byproducts, yield of byproducts per unit before slaughter, yield per carcass. My work exists to be didactic and challenge viewers to consider how what they eat has greater implications aside from filling their stomachs.
Invasive Footprint

Invasive Footprint looks into the presence of non-indigenous plant life within six of the places I’ve inhabited, ranging from North Carolina to Italy.
The Trinity

The Trinity utilizes fabrication processes and analog drawing to visualize the importance of water resources.
Project "Dreamwork"

Project “Dreamwork” employed the use of found objects to prototype an intervention of Smithfield Foods Hog Production facilities in North Carolina.

About Victoria

Baltimore City

Victoria Schultz was born in Newport News, Virginia in 1998. She is receiving her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in December 2019. Schultz has exhibited in numerous group shows, including The Bathtub Collection at the UUCG in Greenville, North Carolina and B-Loved Destroyer at MICA in Baltimore, Maryland. She collaborated in curating and installing Historically Hysterical at The Peale Center in… more

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Compounded Consumption

Compounded Consumption is a modular installation piece representing the six dominant livestock industries in the United States. Through deep engagement with statistics, I’ve analyzed a number of components: ecological impacts, byproducts, yield per carcass, lifespan, and the yield of byproduct per unit before slaughter. My work exists to be didactic and challenge viewers to consider how what they eat has greater implications aside from filling their stomachs.

Compounded Consumption

Astroturf, PVC Pipe, Wood, Cardboard, Motors, Cereal Dispensers, Zip Ties, Paper, Spray Paint, Adhesives, Miniature Model Animals
Compounded Consumption

Astroturf, PVC Pipe, Wood, Cardboard, Motors, Cereal Dispensers, Zip Ties, Paper, Spray Paint, Adhesives, Miniature Model Animals
Compounded Consumption

Astroturf, PVC Pipe, Wood, Cardboard, Motors, Cereal Dispensers, Zip Ties, Paper, Spray Paint, Adhesives, Miniature Model Animals
Compounded Consumption

Astroturf, PVC Pipe, Wood, Cardboard, Motors, Cereal Dispensers, Zip Ties, Paper, Spray Paint, Adhesives, Miniature Model Animals
Compounded Consumption

Astroturf, PVC Pipe, Wood, Cardboard, Motors, Cereal Dispensers, Zip Ties, Paper, Spray Paint, Adhesives, Miniature Model Animals
Compounded Consumption

Astroturf, PVC Pipe, Wood, Cardboard, Motors, Cereal Dispensers, Zip Ties, Paper, Spray Paint, Adhesives, Miniature Model Animals
Compounded Consumption

Astroturf, PVC Pipe, Wood, Cardboard, Motors, Cereal Dispensers, Zip Ties, Paper, Spray Paint, Adhesives, Miniature Model Animals

Invasive Footprint

Invasive Footprint looks into the presence of non-indigenous plant life within six of the places I’ve inhabited, ranging from North Carolina to Italy.

Invasive Footprint

Wood, Styrofoam, Paper, Embroidery Floss, Paint, Map Pins, Adhesvies, Hardware
Invasive Footprint

Wood, Styrofoam, Paper, Embroidery Floss, Paint, Map Pins, Adhesvies, Hardware
Invasive Footprint

Wood, Styrofoam, Paper, Embroidery Floss, Paint, Map Pins, Adhesvies, Hardware

Origin

Origin was born out of phenomenological theory, specifically addressing the search for one’s self when mirror is present. I disguised 400 mirrored tiles amongst the mosaic floor to then project footage of water onto their installed section. The mirror reflects the video onto the surrounding space, leading the viewer to search for the cause. In doing so, they are looking for themselves within the water, which mythologically signifies the origin of life.

Origin

Found Video Projected on 400 Mirror Tiles
Origin

Found Video Projected on 400 Mirror Tiles

What Would You Take?

What Would You Take? is a multifaceted piece utilizing fabrication software to question the importance of inanimate objects in the midst of potential evacuation. With the increasing frequency and severity of tropical storms, flooding in the coastal Carolinas has become more prevalent. Leaving my family to question what to bring if ever forced out of our home during a natural disaster.

What Would You Take?

Chipboard, Paper, Wood, Plexiglass, Adhesives, Hardware
What Would You Take?

Detail of Scaled Model: Wood, Plexiglass, Adhesive
What Would You Take?

Detail of Laser Cut Map: Chipboard
What Would You Take?

Detail of Cad Renderings: Rhinoceros 6

Project "Dreamwork"

Project “Dreamwork” employed the use of found objects to prototype an intervention of Smithfield Foods Hog Production facilities in North Carolina.

Project "Dreamwork"

Found Object, Plexiglass, Cardboard, Faux Moss, Paint, Paper, Pushpins
Project "Dreamwork"

Detail of Prototype Model: Found Object, Plexiglass, Cardboard, Faux Moss, Paint
Project "Dreamwork"

Screenshots for Prototype Model
Project "Dreamwork"

Detail of Cad Renderings: Rhinoceros 6

Unconscious Consumption

Unconscious Consumption was an intimate ephemeral project exposing the use of hog byproducts in processed foods. Specifically, proteins extracted from animal hairs to make bread softer.

Unconscious Consumption

Bread, Toothpicks, Paint Bristles, Glue
Unconscious Consumption

Bread, Toothpicks, Paint Bristles, Glue

The Trinity

The Trinity utilizes fabrication processes and analog drawing to visualize the importance of water resources.

The Trinity

Graphite Drawing on Laser Cut Wood

Endless Fields

Endless Fields implements illusionistic technique to acknowledge the quantity of food resources put back into other agricultural industries, specifically the livestock sector.