Project 1 - Collected Tutorial Notes
- We want more literal, acts, material and what’s happening
Specific memory – first time climbing whale rock, with friends, and sliding down the side
Why that area? Homecoming, memories tied to whale rock
- Removing the clay from the site
- Graffiti of the material and of the rock
Draw material from memory
- Emotion (nostalgia, happiness)
- Historic, geographic, economic
Concept is built into process
Concepts: We all have concepts built into us
Playing with material – let material lead us
What does leading us mean? We let the material do what it wants to do.
Discovery – celebrate it, do iterations of it
Turn away from the wax and into a concept
Louis Kahn: “You say to a brick, ‘What do you want, brick?’ And brick says to you, ‘I like an arch.’ And you say to brick, ‘Look, I want one too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.’ And then you say, ‘What do you think of that, brick?’ Brick says: ‘I like an arch.’”
Obvious things: Melting, leads to mixing.
Ties what you’re doing together. Can it be obvious? Abstract? Is there fiction? Is it confusing because it’s about you?
How do we come up with one idea?
Let material lead you to idea
Pre-emptively come up with idea
Alchemy, magic, abstraction
Wanting to leave an impact
How what we were shapes what we become
How who we are shapes what we become
How what we could be shapes what we become
How to break free of time
How to break free of history
How everything leaves a mark/imprint
How to showcase/highlight that imprint/impact
How to show time in a frozen moment
I’m interested in the marks we leave, in how what we do shapes the world around us. The interactions between people, or objects, or places, all leave imprints on the things involved. Footsteps in the sand, a memory in the mind, fingerprints on glass. This mark-making happens unconsciously all the time, all around us. I want to highlight the ways we effect the world around us. We all want to make a difference, or be known, but not many people stop to think about all the small ways we impact the world around us, and how these marks build up over time. I want to show people that the tiniest of actions can leave a lasting impression, whether it be positive or negative.
My concept is mark-making, is imprinting, is recording
My concept is the idea of the marks we make
My concept is making people consider the marks they leave
“You all have a little bit of ‘I want to save the world’ in you. That’s why you’re here, in college. I want you to know that it’s okay if you only save one person, and it’s okay if that person is you.” – Professor Proctor, tiavision.tumblr
Me, wanting to make a difference
Us, at uni, learning how to make a better world
Individual stories, one goal: to be heard
This studio – working with the materials, changing the materials, recording the results
Struggling with how to relate this back to the materials. Is this an art studio? Are we using the materials to make art?
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