Drea_the_Drawer

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Project #5: Index

1. Phantom Bodies: Test Cast

2. Phantom Bodies: Research: Idea 1, Idea 2, Idea 3

3. Phantom Bodies: Reflection

4. Phantom Bodies: Final P.1,  Final P.2.

5. Immersive Environment: Quote

6. Immersive Environment: Research: Idea 1, Idea 2, Idea 3

7. Immersive Environment: Final:  Yellow, Blue, Red

8. Final PDF Portfolio

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Time in Red

In all three videos, I placed a laser on the minute hand and recorded where time was projected. The surroundings and the hue of the recordings add to the overall mood of the passing of time. I wore nothing but black & white to allow only the hue and my surrounding colors to affect the mood. All videos were longer recordings that were compressed into less than 30 seconds.

Red: In this video, I picked a narrow hallway. Other than the clock, I removed all other pictures and objects from my walls [except for one of my black & white drawings]. I am no longer surrounded by my clutter. Instead, I am trapped by my walls and a sense of emptiness. Again, I sit and time passes on me.

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Time in Yellow

In all three videos, I placed a laser on the minute hand and recorded where time was projected. The surroundings and the hue of the recordings add to the overall mood of the passing of time. I wore nothing but black & white to allow only the hue and my surrounding colors to affect the mood. All videos were longer recordings that were compressed into less than 30 seconds.

Yellow: In this video, I placed the time in my old rocking chair, representing myself, surrounded by the accumulation of personal clutter. I watching the light dance on the ceiling until the light was too weak to continue.  

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Time in Blue

In all three videos, I placed a laser on the minute hand and recorded where time was projected. The surroundings and the hue of the recordings add to the overall mood of the passing of time. I wore nothing but black & white to allow only the hue and my surrounding colors to affect the mood. All videos were longer recordings that were compressed into less than 30 seconds.

Blue: In this video, I sit at my dining room table. My table covered in purple velvet with a yellow pillow at my side; a sense of comfort. Comfort becomes complacent, so I sit and wait. Time literally passing on me.

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Quotes: Abstract: Art of Design: Olafur Eliasson

“Every color has a different way of influencing us. This is what art is about”

“It's not about a rainbow, really... [appearing in his work]. It’s really about “Do I trust my own eyes and my own capacity to engage in the world””

“There’s something very dreamy to see huge shadows moving. Something very sort of meditative.” _&_ “Underneath this idea of impowering the spectator, there’s something which is very fundamental. Museums make huge explanations to make sure that people get it, but you sometimes end up with a feeling of “well, I must be really stupid since they have to over-explain everything.” So, when I say the viewer of a work of art is smart enough to co-produce the narrative, it gives the viewer the sense of saying “I’m actually good enough.””

“It’s so simple but that simplicity is deceptive. Because it’s going to disappear, and you know it’s gonna disappear. That he can created something so beautiful that would conjure that unthinkable thought...” 

“What is in it for you? What are you actually doing here? It’s about the ability to see something...” _ “for instance, depending on where you are in the world the quality of the daylight is very different.” _ “Even what we take for granted, such as “oh, this is just sunlight” is actually very different [around the world].”

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"Hold On"

Materials: Plaster of Paris, Quick Dry Cement, Alja-Safe, Gauze, Tree/Branch, Iron Digging Bar

Statement: I wanted to create a sculptor that continued with my themes of tension, organic, and the domestic. I made a mold of my fist holding a tube that I could remove and later placed a branch in it's place. I made a mixture of plaster and concrete creating an illusion of marble and then quickly inserted a 20lb steel digging bar into the wrist of the my cast. I left some alja and added plaster covered gauze around the wrist for both stability and astechic. The gauze gave the sculptor the sense of clothes, adding to the illusion of an extended arm holding on. I drove the bar into the ground and held the branch taut until the branch was cut. The video provides a release of tension followed by calm.

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Before

& After

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Reflection

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“Hold On”

I would find a place in my trees where a gripped fist would work. With some muscle memory I would make a cast that resembles a person holding on and add it to my tree. I would have to decided on the material used. Concrete would “hold on” longer than the plaster. But the plaster can melt/fade away, creating a more realistic attempt of “holding on.” 

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“Tension”

Pieces of clothes and string would be integrated into the plaster. Removing the cast as soon as possible, would allow me to manipulate any exposed material and add an up side down needle [then leave to fully dry]. String would be looped through the needle and the viewer can carefully pick up the sculpture by the string.  

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“Sinking”

It would be made up of one or two pieces. The sculpture would create an illusion of sinking into the ground. Would look like if a portion of the body is emerged out of water. Would be place in different locations.

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Test Cast

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Project #4 Index

1. Altered Ready Mades: Out of Place -    Bed on Table,  A Seat Sitting, A Table Laying

2. Altered Ready Mades: Artists -      Robert Gober, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Ai Weiwei,      Erwin Wurm, Chris Burden

3. Altered Ready Mades: Research

4. Altered Ready Mades: Final

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Title: Beneath my Sheets

Materials: Sheets, Water, Flour, Isopropyl Alcohol, Wooden Chair, Tripod and Newspaper

I turned my bed sheets into one large piece of paper mache. The bed sheet was soaked into a mixture of water, flour and alcohol. I sat on my favorite wooden chair and then the sheet were drapped over me and were left there until it was stiff enough to be removed. Creating a silhouette of my body. I wanted to create an image of my self with my things and household items but in the end the sculpture would be an empty vessel.

The sheets are currently being held up by a ball of newspapers and a tripod. But I would like to continue experimenting with it until its completely being held by it self. With time or with the aid of the elements (humidity, rain, wind etc) the sheets would sag and my silhouette would disappear

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