tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25880801464391848522024-03-08T12:13:14.364-08:00revellingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588080146439184852.post-81165423917077033452008-07-24T22:32:00.001-07:002008-07-24T22:36:24.641-07:00forget making lemonade;; guacamole,your skin is not an avocado's, but,<br />there are <br />s i m i l a r i t i e s .<br />when ripe you slip right out of your shell all easy <br />but when hardened inside && not quite ready<br />might require the aid of a spoon.<br /><br />&& sometimes i don't let my mind run with these ideas<br />but most of the time, i do<br /><br />always stepping around you lightly, now,<br />dealing with the discomfort of<br />one shoelace tied tighter than the other<br /><br /><strike>remember when we used to get loose together</strike><br />or that time we <strike>made out in my driveway</strike><br />remember the graffitti that night<br />in the house of blues bathroom,<br />the multicolored tortilla chips <br />and six glasses of champagne,,<br /><br /><br />six ways to say every sentence, now, just to save misinterpretation,<br />choosing words cautiously and<br />always ending sentences with inappropriate punctuations,<br />like the <font color="red"><b>red-hot</font color="red"></b> tips of the <br />sticks i promised you i'd stop dragging on<br /><br />and on<br />on and on like you're thinking, oh, god, <br />here it comes, another monday,<br />stunned and staring out the window, i see dead daylily stems<br />bleached and frozen to the ground<br />frantically reaching out for something <br />maybe they're afraid of being forgotten, &<br />sometimes i stand absolutely still, because <br />i know t<font color="red"><b>h</font color="red"></b>ree l<font color="red"><b>i</font color="red"></b>ttle <font color="red"><b>v</font color="red"></b>indictive letters and a <font color="red"><b><big>+</big></font color="red"></b> sign can sense you moving;; <br />they're all huddled together <br />just around the corner with a big baseball bat<br />ready to hit home;<br /><br /><br />push grubby hands with too-long nails <br />into too-full jacket pockets with ripping seams<br />i had a daydream yesterday and you weren't in it;<br />because when life hands me avocados,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588080146439184852.post-47059231705148078762008-02-18T21:44:00.000-08:002008-02-18T21:53:45.690-08:00flour stencil attempt #1<img src="http://www.hypothesisonline.com/brynn/gut.jpg"><br /><br />i need to figure out how to get a "light dusting" effect instead of a "giant clumps of flour" effect. i would figure out a sifting mechanism--but this is difficult because each stencil letter is on an 4"x2" individual sheet.<br /><br />it sticks in place much better than i thought: walking past it doesn't seem to disrupt it too much.<br /><br />also, i used wheat flour because i bought it by accident and it's been sitting around. maybe regular bleached flour has a different consistency.<br /><br />i want to do it outside. <br /><br />i want to try other materials: corn meal, sugar, cayenne powder, salt, etc.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588080146439184852.post-38535997795467512352008-02-18T18:16:00.000-08:002008-02-18T18:46:30.891-08:00installation is...<small>installation art is site<br />installation art is of two parts<br />installation art is a genre of art that incorporates any media to create a visceral and/or conceptual experience in a particular environment<br />installation art is concerned<br />installation art is the experience<br />installation art is often described as a "new art form" as if hatched from nowhere<br />installation art is often the easiest way for artists to approach tricky social issues<br />installation art is a fairly new concept to the public world and is therefore difficult to define<br />installation art is a project that tries to combine<br />installation art is a phenomenon that resulted from the dismantlement of other art genres and their subsequent failures<br />installation art is potential<br />installation art is a response to the experience of everyday life in a postcolonial and global capitalist world<br />installation art is the best medium of expression<br />installation art is also what i think is the beauty of it<br />installation art is about making art for a particular space<br />installation art is became legitimized within the discourse as a questioning of sculpture<br />installation art is more difficult to define than painting because there is really no such thing as installation<br />installation art is indefinable the editor/s will decide upon the appropriate placement of applications<br /><b>installation art is installed and then removed</b><br />installation art is an artwork<br />installation art is widely accepted and embraced by museums<br />installation art is coming soon … to a floor near you<br />installation art is hot right now<br /><b>installation art is distinguished by its temporality</b><br />installation art is three<br />installation art is like setting a bird free<br />installation art is huge<br />installation art is art that is spread out over a large space<br />installation art is an artwork that encompasses an extended space<br /><b>installation art is process</b><br />installation art is the ultimate expression of a wasteful society this is the very opposite<br />installation art is in the late<br />installation art is a contemporary form that affords the viewers an ephemeral experience<br /><b>installation art is</b><br />installation art is created inside with the permission of the institution<br />installation art is not new<br />installation art is now the norm<br /><b>installation art is open<br />installation art is to convert space into artwork<br />installation art is a major component of inside out<br />installation art is drawing in nature</b><br />installation art is a kind of protest or rebellion art<br />installation art is still en vogue<br /><b>installation art is a commitment</b><br />installation art is work that is created temporarily for a particular space or site either outdoors or indoors<br />installation art is so daunting<br />installation art is redundant in india<br />installation art is not limited to 400 square feet<br />installation art is a genre that incorporates any media to create a visceral and/or conceptual experience <br />installation art is something more akin to interior design<br />installation art is an example of post<br /><b><big>installation art is with or without</big></b><br />installation art is now gaining a foothold on the consciousness of the academic community<br />installation art is often temporary<br />installation art is to be<br />installation art is one of the most progressive genres in the contemporary art world<br />installation art is problematic for the traditional gallery<br /><b>installation art is to design sculptural space rather than a sculptural object</b><br />installation art is a quintessentially contemporary art form<br />installation art is a form of expression and once created the idea stays<br />installation art is distinct<br />installation art is even more likely to be ignored<br />installation art is a relatively new tradition in art that borrows from painting<br /><b>installation art is concerned with relationships<br />installation art is as much about technological change as it is about changes in artistic fashion<br />installation art is usually about the sensibility of one person</b><br />installation art is an endeavour of a comprehensive summing up all the levels and corners<br />installation art is an art form that results from the combination of several media<br /><b>installation art is prevalent<br /><big>installation art is always in flux<br /><big>installation art is painting's offspring</big></big></b><br />installation art is much more exciting because it is ephemeral and a great deal of time has to be spent on planning an exhibit<br />installation art is perfectly suited to the descriptive function it plays for performance art<br /><b>installation art is almost so "pure" that it is fragile in its abstractness</b><br />installation art is post-sculpture<br />installation art is</small>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588080146439184852.post-78063183858995834022008-02-07T20:54:00.001-08:002008-02-18T21:28:20.898-08:00extremely rough thesis outline.be nice to me. this way more difficult than i thought it would be.<br /><br /><thesis vomit><br /><br />.............<br /><br />it is human nature to divide, name, separate, categorize. why does this behaviour hold so much appeal for us? by categorizing external elements in our lives, we assess small amounts of power over our immediate environments. this allows us to feel comfortable and safe enough to accept and adhere to the systems that have been constructed for us. <br /><br />the most basic cornerstone of categorization is the idea of a binary division. moral systems are based on “right” or “wrong”. assessing control by categorizing elements of our environments (external to us) is a byproduct of living in a society where we are often only presented with TWO OPTIONS... either/or.<br /><br />although i am not convinced that these dichotomies are healthy structures to govern our culture, i understand that without these constructs in place, we would need to instill other types of structure, or we would be reduced to anarchy.<br /><br />the things that we construct and believe to protect ourselves….<br /><br />let’s talk about installation and its relationship to fluxus. fluxus is based on the idea of text, wether it is present or not. This is important, this is related. how can text be present but not present? or can it be present and still be successful/not overbearing? EVERYTHING is constructed of language objects. it is comparison, it is a point of reference. it is also a point of resistance. this is the way we comprehend things, the way we internalize them in a way that is useful to our consumption of our environments. artists that should be mentioned:<br /><br />>>>>>>sol lewitt<br />rachel whiteread<br />doris salcedo<br />walter demaria<br />borges’ chinese cabinet, and w. benjamin’s discussions thereof<br />2nd half of 20th century thought on the grid, categories, systems, etc.<br />eva hesse<br />jeanne-claude & christo ?? maybe not.<br />donald judd<br />adam mckewen (tracking graphite floor tiles ala judd over white carpet; dirtbags/scrolls)<br />robert smithson <br />robert morris<br />frank stella<br />richard serra<br />carl andre<br />dan flavin<br />“arte povera”<br />ashley bickerton<br />christopher wool<br />katie kollowitz<br />sophie calle<br />dorothy simpson krause<br />yoko ono<br />yayoi kusama<br />barbara krueger<br />rirkrit tiravanija<br />john mccracken<br />joseph beuys<br />josef kosuth (the apparent trueness of chairs, clocks. What is true/false? What is more real?)<br />hans haacke (“different definitions of otherness”)<br />mona hatoum<br />robert gober<br />jesper just<br />jenny holzer<br />ana mendieta<br />felix gonzales-torres<br /><br /><br />what do these artists have in common, or what differs about them? why am I drawn to them? is this more or less important than their influence on my work? <br /><br /><br />why do I believe is installation the smartest form of media? why does it succeed in ways that sculpture, painting, and other media fail? installation suggests an in-betweenness, an opposition to the either/or. the duality, i mean. the production of this type of work mirrors cultural constructs that promote the hegemony of abstraction. if we can get past the way we shut orselves down, then we can truly experience the work. ….or the relationship. or the job. or the….whatever.<br /><br />a huge shift has happened in the (my) work. what is the shift? it is that this conceptual direction is uncomfortable for me. it is unfamiliar. it is a relinquishing of power, a risk, an open door to chance. memory is related. memory is always generated by the binary. you only know yourself by how you relate to the other. all social systems are generated based on this desire to compare ourselves to things external to us.<br /><br />this is the reason we are constantly uncomfortable.<br />this is why we have come to accept that every facet of culture is subject to change: politics, love, family, science, history, media, technology. everything except ART. ART is required, almost EXPECTED to remain solid, unchanging. have we have come to rely on this security? is this the only security we rely on?<br /><br />how can a participatory element enter the picture without becoming the downfall of the piece? PARTICIPATION WITH THE WORK REQUIRES A CHOICE TO BE MADE ON THE VIEWERS PART. A CHOICE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF YES/NO. YES/NO IS THE EMBODIMENT OF A BINARY SYSTEM.<br /><br />the artist’s responsibility is to represent what it is like to be alive NOW.<br />there is an element of chance that cannot be denied. <br /><br /><br />installation<br />minimalism<br />“flux” vs “fluxus”<br />conceptual art<br />fluxus<br />hans haacke’s “different definitions of otherness”<br />sol lewitt’s “Sentences on conceptual art” as markers per chapter (part) of thesis.<br />work that is ABOUT the body, but not OF the body<br />or, that You can make work about pain but you cannot make work from a place of pain.<br /><br /><br />what about scrolls in two piles? the viewer is forced to make a choice. the piles must be different, yet the same. the flour words will still hold. things are happening here. black scrolls? opposites, dualities. polars. one banner with all the words…male, either, large, fat, tired, happy. a second banner: female, or, small, thin, awake, melancholy. or on the floor, the text? how to incorporate the wrappedness of brownpaperproject? the text is chalk and flour on black paper. it is chalk and flour on concrete. CHALK AND FLOUR IS ABOUT IMPERMANENCE. INSTALLATION IS ABOUT IMPERMANENCE vs PERMANENCE. <br /><br />it is about the change that is occuring under the veil of unchangedness.<br /><br />i can spend time discussing brownpaperproject. it will take up a good amount of space. it is about the binary division. It pokes fun at these social constructs in a fluxus fashion. it is a tertiary. It involves text. it involves participation, filing, organization, control, organization, self-containment, self-censorship, choice, purging, rest, unrest. It involves a giving up, a relinquishing. it is about the power of judgement on others, and how it relates to judgement on one’s self. It is hardly about gender. It uses gender as a control. it is about control. it is about forced division. it references the holocaust. it references a mail room. it referencess the forgotten.<br /><img src="http://www.hypothesisonline.com/brynn/expand1.jpg"><br><br />how about the dirtbags (expansion)? this project investigates the meticulosity of human preparation. it discusses the formal and informal aspects of strength and will, resistance and give. it is about weight. It is about memory. it is about holding something that does not need to be held. it is about invasiveness. it is about taking up space, intimidation, forced intake. IT IS IN YOUR WAY. IT SMELLS. IT IS WET AND IT IS HEAVY AND YOU CAN NOT MOVE IT ON YOUR OWN. it is thick. you can lie down near it and cry. you will take it home with you on the bottom of your shoes. you may not take it all the way home but at least you will take it away from itself. IT WILL MAKE YOU HEAVIER, AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE WHILE.<br /><br /><br />and now for something completely different. this is fucking mesmerizing:<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cva_sGN_0VA&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Cva_sGN_0VA&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588080146439184852.post-57358926959903794772008-01-13T19:36:00.000-08:002008-01-13T19:37:05.700-08:00hello. and welcome to my home blog.i started this blog as a place to organize my work as i prepare for my thesis. i would like to christen the space by asking the following question:<br /><br />how is it possible that there is both a billy joel musical and an ABBA musical...and yet, there is no queen musical? <br /><br />g-d. can anybody <i>please</i> find me somebody to love.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0