Kerry Skarbakka, “Window,” 2009

As we gear up for Creative Capital’s presentation at the 2014 IdeaFestival in Louisville, we asked one of the presenting artists, Kerry Skarbakka (2005 Visual Arts), to contribute to our blog. He responded with “The Making of Window,” a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how he created the photograph (shown above) of the artist jumping through a window.

In his ongoing series, The Struggle to Right Oneself, Skarbakka photographs himself in extreme situations, and his works explore the physical and psychological effects of the environment on the body. Skarbakka wrote to us, “In 2009, during the height of the recession, I wanted to make an image that reflected the effects of the housing crisis. Because of the sheer difficulty of making this particular shot, Window has always been one of my favorite images.”