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Ebbs & Flows: SOFT;

When something is in the space of thought or imagination is it then soft? Does it have the same implications of soft materials in sculpture? Ebbs and Flows: Soft seeks to explore the relationship between our thoughts and perceptions in their soft state as comparison to them in their hard or physical state. The composition is made up of 3 print screens showcasing a new folder, first empty, then loading and then filled with 3 images.

EBBS & FLOW: FemiNINE Force

FEMININE FORCE; A visual representation of the force and flow energy that womban possess. Powers greater than her keep her aligned with the tides, earth and moon. For one moon cycle in April 2019 I photographed a pad on each day of my menstrual cycle. Ebbs and Flows: Feminine Force is a compilation of these images in sequences which create pattern. The patterns make the subjects of bloody pads look inconspicuous, almost as the phenomenal powers of a womban are.

: fEMI

EBBS & FLOWS: Familiarity (ASMR)

FAMILIARITY; I am thinking about the connectivity between humans, based upon the common experiences we have felt with ourselves and others. Throughout this performance I deliver an ASMR sequence which connects to the audience on the bases of touch. I perform actions such as scratching the skin, pulling and tapping on the face; snapping the fingers, I rubbed my eyes and hairline and pulled my eye lashes.

I used my body to make reference to touch so that the connection and response felt between the sounds and the audience would be stronger; there is more FAMILIARAITY because the viewer can physically do the same actions as I am doing.

EBBS & FLOWS: Base Materialism

BASE MATERISLM: When thinking about the extremes of materialism in art, I wanted to represent the most basic material and what it was like working with it. Ebbs and Flows: Base Materialism documents the relation of man and the land and the ebb and flow of their interaction. In this performance I document the digging of a hole and the mounding of a hill, the simultaneous up and down, in and out of life.

Project #2: Index

1. QCQ #1: Notes on Sculpture

2. Redo / Undo: Research

3. Redo / Undo: Final

Undo/Redo-Redo-Redo

Undo/Redo-Redo-Redo is an experimental sculpture. Using the two previous wooden triangles from my ‘Only the Bush Can Save Us Now’ composition, I sought out to explore the materiality of the structures even further. Eventually this amounted to simply experiencing the material in different scenarios. One of which was passive, the structure was supported on a wall by another piece of wood that was already existing; the structure became apart of the larger space. The other was suspending the structure and creating a sort of seesaw, swinging sculpture, with this the sculpture and view of it was ever changing, thus the concept of it continuously Redoing Redoing Redoing. Each time we interacted with the material it became something different/new.

Project #1: Index

1. DO IT: Home #1 #2 #3

2. DO IT: Instructions #1 #2 #3

3. DO IT: Final #1 #2 #3

4. 1000 Elements #process

5. Wood Construction: Research

6. Wood Construction: Final #process #process2

Redo/Undo // Ideas

Two of my thoughts involve my previous wood project.

One thought is to physically hammer it and dismantle/mangle it. and then reassemble it using nails, hot glue, rafia, cardboard, and leaves.

The other was to suspend the pieces and beat them with a hammer or another piece of wood and create kind of a piñata sculpture. this concept would be more free flowing and up to chance as to how the finished pieces would turn out

My last idea was to unlock one of my locks, I thought about how my own body could be considered a sculpture and I thought about how it might look to dismantle myself or undo parts of myself?

QCQ #1 : Robert Morris

QUOTE

“If one notices one's immediate visual field, what is seen? Neither order nor disorder. Where does the field terminate? In an indeterminate peripheral zone, nonetheless actual or unexperienced for its indeterminacy, that shifts with each movement of the eyes. What are the contents of any given sector of one's visual field?”

“Yet perception has a history; it changes during our life and even within a very short span of time; more important, perception has a different structure on different levels of mental life and varies according to the level which is stimulated at one particular time. Only in our conscious experience has it the firm and stable structure which the gestalt psychologists postulated.

-Anton Ehrenzweig”

COMMENT

I choose two quotes because I feel they are interesting when juxtaposed. These quotes make me think about size and location/environment of sculptures, and how that relates to the perspective that exists because of these factors; from works being very small in size, to overwhelmingly large or even them being completely engulfing, i.e. installations. It makes me wonder how the inevitable surroundings of smaller sculptures automatically will and are a part of the field of vision of the viewer. I wonder also if then larger or more engulfing sculptures then have a ‘larger’ impact on the viewer because they naturally are taking in more of the sculpture itself. There is supposedly less distractions in the visual field.

QUESTION

How do you respond to size in relation to significance when it comes to creating sculpture?

If the size to significance relation is relevant, could that then suggest some artist working much larger or in greater quantities in attempt to increase significance of their work?

Are we naturally drawn to materials that are manageable and size appropriate?

Only The Bush Can Save Us Now

After being asked ‘why leaves? why nature? how is this different from crafty ness’?, I quickly spiraled into myself, asking myself the same questions and reaffirming that I did indeed know why.

With this sculpture ‘Only The Bush Can Save Us Now’ I thought to express the huge exclamation of a statement I am making when I decide to use natural materials to create art. I feel nature and everything that contributes to the functioning of life goes quite unseen or unnoticed in todays time and space. With my art I seek to bring that unseen and forgotten to the forefront again.

‘Only The Bush Can Save Us Now’ stands as a huge exclamation sign or caution sign to onlookers, but instead of the industrial materials, I used a variation of Almond Leaves and Sea Grape Leaves. These two leaves represent a abundance of medicinal properties and natural healing that is often overlooked, from having stronger antibacterial properties than antibiotics, to curing headaches, asthma, tumors, skin irritations, lowering blood pressure, suppressing cancer causing free radicals and so much more, you can see why ‘Only The Bush Can Save Us Now’

Materials: 6 pieces of 2x4 (3ft), Copper wire, staples, nails, Almond Leaves, Sea Grape Leaves

(See addition medicinal properties below)

Terminalia catappa (Indian Almond/Tropical Almond)

The leaves are used as dressing of rheumatic joints and to treat coughs, asthma, leprosy, travel nausea and eye problems, and to get rid of intestinal parasites. The young leaves and fruit are used for pains, including headaches and colic. In Taiwan, India and the Philippines, a decoction from fallen leaves is used as a herbal remedy for preventing and treating hepatitis and cancerous tumours in the liver.

An Indian study which concluded that leaf extracts have stronger antibacterial properties than commercially used antibiotics provides scientific support for the use of the tree in the traditional treatment of diseases. Meanwhile, researchers at the Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan found that the major tannin component of the leaves, called punicalagin, has anti-oxidative properties that suppress the formation of cancer-causing free radicals in the liver.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/358716/tree-of-life-leaves-help-good-health-take-root

Cocoloba uvifera (Sea Grape)

juice and decoction of wood, bark and roots are used to treat dysentery, hemorrhages, venereal disease. - Applied externally for rashes and skin afflictions. - Leaf decoction drunk to lower blood sugar. - Decoction of leaves used to treat asthma, hoarseness and to wash wounds.

- In the Dominican Republic, decoction of leaves used for menopausal symptoms, diarrhea, tumors, anemia, skin irritations, asthma. (7) - In the Yucatan, alcohol added to tea made from bark of sea grape is taken for ulcers. (9) - In French Guiana, astringent juice from whole plant, known as "Jamaica kino", used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Decoction of stem used for intestinal disorders. Stems of Anacardium occidentale mixed with barks of Coccoloba uvifera, Mangifera indica, and Cocos nucifera for curing dysentery

http://www.stuartxchange.org/SeaGrape.html#:~:text=%2D%20In%20other%20countries%2C%20juice%20and,for%20rashes%20and%20skin%20afflictions.&text=%2D%20Decoction%20of%20leaves%20used%20to,hoarseness%20and%20to%20wash%20wounds.

ONLY THE BUSH CAN SAVE US NOW

After being asked ‘why leaves? why nature? how is this different from crafty ness’?, I quickly spiraled into myself, asking myself the same questions and reaffirming that I did indeed know why.

With this sculpture ‘Only The Bush Can Save Us Now’ I thought to express the huge exclamation of a statement I am making when I decide to use natural materials to create art. I feel nature and everything that contributes to the functioning of life goes quite unseen or unnoticed in todays time and space. With my art I seek to bring that unseen and forgotten to the forefront again.

‘Only The Bush Can Save Us Now’ stands as a huge exclamation sign or caution sign to onlookers, but instead of the industrial materials, I used a variation of Almond Leaves and Sea Grape Leaves. These two leaves represent a abundance of medicinal properties and natural healing that is often overlooked, from having stronger antibacterial properties than antibiotics, to curing headaches, asthma, tumors, skin irritations, lowering blood pressure, suppressing cancer causing free radicals and so much more, you can see why ‘Only The Bush Can Save Us Now’

Materials: 6 pieces of 2x4 (3ft), Copper wire, staples, nails, Almond Leaves, Sea Grape Leaves

(See addition medicinal properties below)

TERMINALIA CATAPPA (INDIAN ALMOND/TROPICAL ALMOND)

The leaves are used as dressing of rheumatic joints and to treat coughs, asthma, leprosy, travel nausea and eye problems, and to get rid of intestinal parasites. The young leaves and fruit are used for pains, including headaches and colic. In Taiwan, India and the Philippines, a decoction from fallen leaves is used as a herbal remedy for preventing and treating hepatitis and cancerous tumours in the liver.

An Indian study which concluded that leaf extracts have stronger antibacterial properties than commercially used antibiotics provides scientific support for the use of the tree in the traditional treatment of diseases. Meanwhile, researchers at the Institute of Genetics, National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan found that the major tannin component of the leaves, called punicalagin, has anti-oxidative properties that suppress the formation of cancer-causing free radicals in the liver.

https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/358716/tree-of-life-leaves-help-good-health-take-root

COCOLOBA UVIFERA (SEA GRAPE)

juice and decoction of wood, bark and roots are used to treat dysentery, hemorrhages, venereal disease. - Applied externally for rashes and skin afflictions. - Leaf decoction drunk to lower blood sugar. - Decoction of leaves used to treat asthma, hoarseness and to wash wounds.

- In the Dominican Republic, decoction of leaves used for menopausal symptoms, diarrhea, tumors, anemia, skin irritations, asthma. (7) - In the Yucatan, alcohol added to tea made from bark of sea grape is taken for ulcers. (9) - In French Guiana, astringent juice from whole plant, known as “Jamaica kino”, used to treat diarrhea and dysentery. Decoction of stem used for intestinal disorders. Stems of Anacardium occidentale mixed with barks of Coccoloba uvifera, Mangifera indica, and Cocos nucifera for curing dysentery

http://www.stuartxchange.org/SeaGrape.html#:~:text=%2D%20In%20other%20countries%2C%20juice%20and,for%20rashes%20and%20skin%20afflictions.&text=%2D%20Decoction%20of%20leaves%20used%20to,hoarseness%20and%20to%20wash%20wounds.

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