As a part of the Visiting Artists lecture series, artist Corrie Baldauf visited Oakland University and spoke about her art on Feb. 16.

Baldauf is a graduate student from Kansas who received her undergraduate degree from the Kansas City Art Institute and completed a master of fine arts degree at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. She is teaching Critical Theory and Practice, a class where her students and she talk about multiculturalism.

Baldauf said that the objective of her art is to alter the way we perceive our surroundings and how you can look at your world and your environment in a different way.

According to Baldauf, you can learn a lot and perceive things differently if you are part of the audience.

“When I watched the film ‘Jackass 3D’ there was a moment where I was laughing hysterically, and no one else was laughing,” Baldauf said.

Baldauf said that the audience is the performance. She says that there are a lot of situations where you have to engage your mind.

Baldauf makes timeline drawings of everything that she does. She says that this is how she documents and keeps track of her existence.

“Drawing is like my language,” Baldauf said.

Baldauf said that she tries to create a tangible example of what something looks like through her eyes. She said that it is all about perception and provisional placement.

“You’re making it 4D and translating it into a flat plane,” said Susan Evans, assistant professor of art. “It’s interesting. You’re bending time and space.”

Baldauf said that even when she is working in 3D space, she thinks of her artwork as a drawing. She works on each drawing for about a month and sometimes 14 hours straight.

“It engages your abstract mind,” said Joseleesa Ferrara, an undecided freshman. “It’s about trying to understand the art and relate yourself to it.”

The Visiting Artist series is sponsored by the Art and Art History department. There is a film screening on a different artist every Tuesday and an occasional lecture by an art history professor in the Wilson Hall in room 124 at noon.

For more information about Corrie Baldauf and her work, visit www.corriebaldauf.com