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Independent/Scott Kingsley Coming from California, Chela Fielding is used to large crowds, big cities, cramped spaces, so one of the first things she did after arriving at Art Farm was strap on her shoes and hit the gravel. ÒIÕve been going around and talking to farmers about what they remember and what they find interesting,Ó Fielding said. ÒIÕve walked a lot of miles, and itÕs been a great part of this experience.Ó By trade, Fielding is a performance artist, though the sketches that take up an entire wall of her studio, which ultimately led to her performance at Art Harvest, will be on display. Her idea, she said, involves an ancient barn on the grounds and how the ideas of nostalgia and the stories she collected affected her perception of the area. For her performance, Fielding has dug a whole in the floor of the barn, where she will bury herself up to her neck in corn while multimedia elements play in the background. She will also be taking portraits of those interested, in a collar to a corn silo sheÕs painted multiple colors. Obviously, agriculture and the people who make it happen influenced Fielding during her time in Marquette. More than that, she said, is how agriculture has ties to history and how that history manifests itself in the area. ÒI love nostalgia and things that have a history,Ó she said. ÒThere are some great talkers around here. The history is really interesting because there are ties to the past, the present and the future. I feel like there are connections everywhere.Ó artfarm08 sk
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