Some other homework from Week #6
(Yeah it’s a tad bit late, so what? I dun’ care)
Reading Response: This article, in all honesty, felt very routine for me. I understand the subject was collections, and was probably relating back to our current collection shelf projects. The author was very drab in his discussion as he elaborated on the idea of collectors being connected to their artifacts on a much deeper level than one would expect. Collectors associate locations and experiences with the things they gather, and usually their arrangements in public shows propose a much deeper meaning that it seems only the collector himself (or a very close friend) would completely understand. I did like the concept of allegorists, which serve as foils for collectors as people who attribute meaning to very literal ideas. An object’s meaning is skin deep as an allegorist defines it by dictionary definitions. I’m guessing these are meant to be taken as guidelines for future collection documentation, when organization and purpose behind our collections should prompt deeper meanings. The way I see, it there are artists (collectors), and those who don’t understand Art and its connotations (allegorists).
Continuous Project Documentation:
WE FINISHED THE BENCH. Now we’ve just got to wait for the seed to grow and grass to sprout under our butts. Starring Analee and Grace.