Like the use of materials and exploration of technique of casting. Process to use? Idea of multiplication, repetition, (twins etc). Also positive vs. negative with cast and mould etc. Which is the intentional outcome and which is the byproduct???
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
dichotomy/opposite
"A dichotomy is any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts.
In other words, it is a partition of a whole (or a set) into two parts (subsets) that are:
- mutually exclusive : nothing can belong simultaneously to both parts, and
- jointly exhaustive : everything must belong to one part or the other.
The two parts thus formed are complements. In logic, the partitions are opposites if there exists a proposition such that it holds over one and not the other."
"In lexical semantics, opposites are words that lie in an inherently incompatible binary relationship as in the opposite pairs male : female, long : short, up : down, and precede : follow. The notion of incompatibility here refers to fact that one word in an opposite pair entails that it is not the other pair member. For example, something that is long entails that it is not short. It is referred to as a 'binary' relationship because there are two members in a set of opposites. The relationship between opposites is known as opposition. A member of a pair of opposites can generally be determined by the question What is the opposite of X ?"
self-initiated project
Interested in...
Individual or object's histories and experiences being revealed, hidden or distorted (looking at remnants, traces, memories as ways to explore this)
Dichotomies or opposites e.g. noticed vs. unnoticed, reality vs. expectation, sense vs. nonsense, intentional vs. accidental, revealed vs. hidden... thinking about what these reveal about our experiences, how we position ourselves in our surroundings and in relation to others.
Notion of time- consumed, recorded, remembered (cyclical). Time passing- relating to memory and becoming part of our personal experience.
Objectives...
Relate these ideas to me personally as an identical twin. Think about differences/similarities, other people's expectations- double take etc.
Look at fictional books- in relation to ideas if reality/expectations/perceptions. Story telling: records experiences but also has potential to change them blurring the line between reality and imagination; also in relation to childhood and therefore our pasts'.
Fables or pourquoi stories (eg Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories and Aesop's Fables) both because they were a part of my childhood and because of how they use story telling (explaining why something is how it is or using stories to teach morals).
Process Development...
Balance collaborative work with my sister and individual work. Possibly use film/photography/sound to try something new - especially because of their ability to record what can be perceived as "reality". (distort? play with expectations etc.)
Also continue to experiment with materials- perhaps by playing with our perceptions and expectations of their physicality by altering them (e.g. fabric soaked in glue becomes stronger, moves differently etc. but still looks like fabric.)
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
the body as a site for cultural representation
some images of my project hung up in the studio.
looking at the other side of the fabric - drawn on side
the patches of fabric before I stitched them together
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
one and other
Anthony Gormley's project "One and Other" for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square this summer.
For 100 days, every hour (applicants chosen randomly though also representational of the geographic of UK) a different person will stand on the plinth creating a "monument built in time out of 1 hours of people's lives".
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Sunday, 1 March 2009
skin/clothes/marks etc
list of links and notes:
Human skin is the largest organ of the integumentary system made up of multiple layers of epithelial tissues that guard underlying muscles and organs. As the interface with the surroundings, skin plays the most important role in protecting.
"FACTOIDS:
- As an adult, you may have more than 20 square feet of skin -- about the size of a blanket.
- You are likely to shed some 40 pounds of skin in a lifetime"
wikipedia on skin
clothes- distressed and repaired showing their history etc and current economic climate "make do and mend"
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