Here is a post for the anatomy project. I was thinking of all of the different meanings for the word “still”. Are we supposed to note materials used? It’s a secret anyway. Just kidding. Every time you see the cone move, I’m hitting a key on my secret music keyboard in real time. It’s better with bass.
by: jordansabsintheinducedmadness
The Minute Waltz and I have decided to try to create an art project every day, no matter how small or big, based around the subject of anatomy. Join the fun.
School started last week and I haven’t made any time for other activities. This is going to be a busy semester, but I will make a point to keep up on my other more important obligations.
project five:
use this bottle somehow.
use the concept of container.
use it within 2 weeks.
Out of this whole summer we’ve only gotten four projects (almost) completed. I think we’re going to go ahead and post a fifth word and try to move on - maybe a new word will bring inspiration. Please still post for the last word if you have time! Thomas gets the next word.
“Que eras, Gadsden?”
Procured concrete panel, second-hand paint, Oyster Cracker stencils.
A veces me gusta perder.
Materials Used: paint found in the remnants pile at Home Depot (I like to consider it repurposed - it was meant for someone else), blueprint, newspaper, reused canvas.
Sometimes I like to lose.
I painted over an old canvas that hung in my last apartment, and purposely left portions of the old canvas showing. I added sections from a newspaper - one of a woman in a bikini and another of the movie title “Year One” - that show some aspects of Latin American culture that are important to my idea of development there. I also used clippings of an old building blueprint and clipped them to mimic a city skyline.
I like the idea of repurposing and reusing materials for this week’s topic because in Latin America a lot of their structures, both physical and institutional, use borrowed materials and concepts from the United States. The blueprints are misused - they have been cut out and shaped into buildings, not actually used to build something. I see a lot of this misguided use in borrowed materials and concepts in Latin America - they tend to fall short in execution. The text exemplifies this attitude - so much falls short and doesn’t quite work, that it’s almost as if they did it on purpose. Latin America is in a constant state of disrepair and degradation in physical structures and in politics, yet they’re handed a lot from other countries. How could they fall short so often if it’s not intentional? It’s almost comical to me.
desarrollo is Spanish for development. i specifically chose a Spanish word so that we can think of this week’s project in an other culture’s perspective.
Stipulations:
this project can’t involve a concept that is inherent to our culture - it must be considered from the perspective of a Spanish-speaking country/culture.
this project must involve at least 50% repurposed materials. if you’re doing audio, make your instrument out of repurposed materials - you get the point.
Due by 11.59pm on Thursday, July 23rd.
