Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Rough Artist Statement

Title : Belly Of The Whale

Belly Of The Whale is a homage to a step in the Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell that I feel I can relate to. In this step the hero must confront him/herself on the conscious and unconscious level in order to break through an obstacle that is holding them back from further progression. For a long time like many individuals out there I have been suffering from a case of obsessive compulsive disorder. It is a very hard obstacle to completely break from because every decision I make I constantly second guess it. OCD completely shuts down my work ethic and pace whenever I try to finish a project, in a way it means I want to be a perfectionist. Belly Of The Whale chronicles my journey into understanding what brings about my OCD and allows viewers to look at what not only happens on the surface but also on the inside. The paper represents my conscious decisions and path with myself as it flows organically across the board supported by white tacks on areas of tension. The overlapping forms convey the backtracking of my decisions in an effort to keep them consistent, the projection of the represent my unconscious self and the decisions that I try to make to break from my conscious self. Sometimes you will have areas that completely work in unison with each other but majority of what is happening is constant conflict. 

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Shuttle Idea List

I really love the idea of manipulating the shuttle somehow to where people can't really get on or off the shuttle and we record it somehow. We would need to get together and see what is exactly safe or smart for doing an experiment like this on the shuttle. An example of this is seen on this :

http://vimeo.com/11126782

Another thought for the piece would be to have a performance of some kind that truly freaks out the visitors on the shuttle. There is some aspect of making the audience feel unnerving that really intrigues us. This could be done by sitting in the back of the bus with some dark clothing, with our heads down being silent and seeing how people initially react to it.

I also like the idea of trying to project something on the bus and using it as a projection screen of some kind but I wonder about protecting the equipment and really trying to outfit the shuttle to handle that type of work. I think something simple and clean would really work for that idea. An example included here of one that I like :

http://vimeo.com/11499315

I think a simple idea to get done on time and really fast would just to show our work on a dvd or create a nice demo reel that people respond to. This could even expand out to a piece that interacts with sound and play it and watch how people react to it. Maybe the audience reacts to brighter colors, different types of line work, whether or not it is pure particles or if it is something that is identifiable right off the bat. There are many options with this and it could even stretch into making it a large social event.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Board

So we measured it and figured out once again the metal board would be best for what we are doing, it allows for about 4ft worth of space for each of us to use and show off our work especially if we keep it economical. The layout would be as followed:

Name:

Major:

Pieces of Work:

Artist Spotlight Section:

Biography and Examples of work :

Url To The Artist's Site :

It won't cost a lot of money to get a couple sheets of stonehenge paper to print out the business cards/tabs for people to visit the site. I wonder if there is anymore incentive to get people to really visit the site and be interactive with what is there.