I'm so impressed by the diversity of artists and projects in this class. I've put links to everyone's blogs and I hope we'll cross linke to create a community that shares skills and resources. Our 2D introduction was a bit overwhelming, barely skimming the wide world of artists and so many materials, from beeswax to hairspray! But that's really the point! Almost anything (and everything) has artistic potential-not to mention every ONE-- if we look with new eyes and get playful. I've been compiling some link lists here to steer folks to possible resources, and have had some fun myself recently, wandering through the musty, cluttered stacks of junk at places like Urban Ore and S.C.R.A.P. My husband Jacob is creating a 3 dimensional object that represents the concept of "Misery" for his design class, and I was on the look out for anything that might speak to me, especially trunks or suitcases for the 3D section of the intermedia class . We spent a lot of time looking for a round, plastic disc for the base of his project- and I got completely sidetracked in the old film projectors...it was so much like a scavenger hunt!
Part of my process is to find a balance between having some kind of set intention, yet not being so pre-determined that I miss an opportunity to let the materials inform the work. And sometimes I just get so overwhelmed, I can't think in terms on any one project.
In seeing so much detritus of real life, left to collect cobwebs in these places, I wonder why we humans produce so much junk! Its strange, this urge to collect, create and continually consume and, let's face it- excrete. But one person's shite could make another one's art...so let's see what can come of it.
And on that note, I've also included a link list for some bay area events and exhibitions...as always, inspired by the potential and limitless capacity of human imagination.
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