I finally feel like I stumbled upon a project that I am at least going to stick with until the end of this quarter. This past week I screen printed three sets of a nine panel "map" that I am going to manipulate somehow over this next few weeks. The plan now is to print a million of these tiny illustrations I have done of a lightbulb, an hourglass, a few lanterns, a clock, and a lightning bolt, cut them out, and play with the placement of them on the bigger structure.
I don't have pictures as I am typing this, because it slipped my mind, but as soon as I get them they will appear on the blog in the form of another post.
Critique with Catherine, Roddy, and Deborah ended up being one of the most helpful critiques of the quarter. I think that had to do primarily with the change of format. Having the time for one-on-one conversations with each of the professors not only made it easier to process what each of them said, but no one had to fight to be heard, which was brilliant. And I think, overall, that if the critique hadn't gone the way it did, I wouldn't have been able to work out some of the things I did that night.
In a nutshell, I discovered that I am primarily trying, at least with this weird giant map that I am working on, to instigate a conversation about light and time. I don't think I would have been able to figure that out if not for the critique.
In other news, The Art Assignment, a PBS series about art and all things related premiered on the YouTube on Friday. The first episode was particularly amazing in explaining conceptual art in a way that is digestible and interesting, and so I have posted the link here just in case anyone wants to take a look. I thought the first episode was kind of excellent, even if it is probably aimed at a high-school level audience.
Linkity-Link for future reference:
The Art Assignment
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