This week was both fantastic and troubling. First the fantastic part - I spent much of my time collection object and materials, picking things up at the ReUse Center, the Scrap Box, Found, and the Salvation Army. All in all I was really just reminded why I love objects and digging through them. So much of the fun is just spending time uncovering dusty bits of this and that - I loved looking at all the antiques at Treasure Mart and I didn't even buy anything. Now for the troubling part - I began working on an assemblage using some of the things I purchased this week as well as some materials I happened to have (my big black trunk in my studio houses tons of odds and ends perfect for such occasions). Using a found photograph from 1937 as my inspiration, I've just been having some issues getting my narrative across. Seth and Erica came by and thought I was maybe working a little too abstract - that my audience may not be able to read the kinds of things I was putting together.
So I guess the next step would be to really establish a concrete story or atmosphere I'm trying to create and then use my materials in a bit more focused way. Overall, I've really enjoyed getting to work with my hands as well as clear up some of my issues with content this week.
Time Spent:
Monday - 2 hours collecting.
Tuesday - 0.5 hours blogging, 0.5 hours talking to Amanda and researching.
Thursday - 3 hours collecting, 0.5 hours talking to Seth and Erica and seeing faculty show again, 2 hours working on assemblage.
Courtney - I"m glad that you got started collecting and making an assemblage. You will need to decide which way you want to go - the more abstract, poetic route, like Joseph Cornell, or a more descriptive, narrative one, which is I think what you talked about in the very beginning of this idea. I think that you should collect some photographs, lay them out with a bunch of your objects, and start making up possible life stories for the people, prompted by the objects that you have. It will a bit like a game; in fact it would be fun to do this with a few people.. I can imagine some eccentric stories that could come out of this. This connection between story and objects is the core of the project, so start from there.
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