2 Nov
Transformation [ing]
10/4/09
Hm, the last post wasn’t exactly correct. There will be no “final transformation”. That was too conceptually finite and insipid. Recently I have been approaching art as one in the same with philosophy. There is never an answer. I began creating this sequence and have continued to transform it it from one form to another seeking an answer. As I followed the track of the object back from it’s pre-meditated “next state” the question I came to is simply ‘what drives us to create?’. So what drives me? Since my time studying psychology and working in Brooklyn I’ve been fascinated in studying man (specifically psychologically) through art. The exact scope of all of this is still uncertain. I just see this piece as a beginning. The beginning of another question.
I have decided that this piece will never be shown in another venue without another transformation. That could be done by myself, the curators of the exhibition, another artist, the public, or the environment. For the next exhibition at Sol Koffler I am going to let gravity and color affect the object. As street art-colored paint drops from blank metal cans the cold concrete/mixed media surface will slowly be masked. This coating and color manipulation will hopefully allow the sculpture to continue to live in front of the viewer. All the while the paint is falling through the pulse of the object: the ever-changing projected media frenzy. Hopefully this idea will keep my work from the static death I feel so much of my past work has suffered. I am all right with my work not being a commodity but sharing more attributes of a living organism.
Also, something I chose to incorporate is a video camera within in the space of a block I removed. This allow for viewer interaction (whether chosen or not) as well as the accumulation of new material spawned from the object itself. Not sure what that will be used for, but it should be interesting media.
10/29/09
This is my work at midterms. The alteration and transformation of my work continues. I sense this piece slowly being fuly changed from object to virtual/digital medias. The final transformation will occur (all things considered) the night of ‘Cracked’, the RISD ceramics graduate exhibition on November 12th.
You tube isn’t letting the video work yet… coming momentarily… Fucking Youtube
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