torsdag 8 april 2010
the character builds up
hi, I was thinking about how we could make the actual exhibition the character, maybe we could see it as the "mind" of the flaneur? and we can fill it with memories, real ones and made up? and the exhibition/character's memories would change depending on where it was. Like how different events makes us remember different things and old memories could change when time is passing? That could be the different moduels that could change throughout the exhibition? what do you think about that?
lördag 3 april 2010
untitled
I think it could be interesting if we somehow could make the exhibition/piece the female flaneur, instead of making a exhibition about a character, I don't know how we could do that, but do you understand what I mean?
I also like the idea of having modules that could be changed when the exhibition/piece travels! maybe one of these modules could be language? So if we show it in Sweden it could be in Swedish and if we show it in Switzerland it could be i Swiss and so on... What do you think about trying to make it travel to all our home countries? And we can make a camp before the openings?
I also agree with Lily that the flaneur and the turist are very different characters that we should not mix up, the turist has set places to visit and to check of their "to do list", the flanuer has no such obligations, the flaneur has no expectations, the flaneur is free (or trying to be? Isn't that the interesting part? especially put in the context of the image of the male vs. female) I think... What do you think?
/jorun
I also like the idea of having modules that could be changed when the exhibition/piece travels! maybe one of these modules could be language? So if we show it in Sweden it could be in Swedish and if we show it in Switzerland it could be i Swiss and so on... What do you think about trying to make it travel to all our home countries? And we can make a camp before the openings?
I also agree with Lily that the flaneur and the turist are very different characters that we should not mix up, the turist has set places to visit and to check of their "to do list", the flanuer has no such obligations, the flaneur has no expectations, the flaneur is free (or trying to be? Isn't that the interesting part? especially put in the context of the image of the male vs. female) I think... What do you think?
/jorun
måndag 29 mars 2010
mobile
melanie: art camp, yes please! i think it is a good idea to incorporate the locality of where the exhibition takes place into the piece. and to make it mobile. if we make a sort of diagrammatic structure of the project we could have a changeable parts (variables) that are dependent on the exhibition town/city.
susanne: where are you?
gabriella: beautiful pictures! are those the ones with the macbook? i can't wait to see the medium format ones. what were you up to in tuscany?
jorun: it's been about 470 days since i last saw you. :-(
every that camera i own (super8, nikon dslr, flip video, video dv, tiny digital canon, AND even macbook) has either broken down completely or begun to malfunction quite often, all during the past month.
of course this all happened just after graduation, so i no longer have access to the school cameras. this has greatly changed the way i work. i now have to rely either on generating images through the computer (in after effects or sketch up) or by using the camera on my cellphone.
i visited LA a couple weeks ago for the first time. i travelled to the desert and saw some truly fantastic things that i could not sufficiently capture. it made me think about the frustrating moment that happens quite often when visiting a new place and being in a state of wonder. the optical properties of lenses and putting a frame around your view are incapable of capturing your state of amazement.
[figure 1,2,& 3: a rainbow stretched across the entire mojave desert for a brief moment. i was lost on a dirt road trying to find a hot spring. it was an awe inspiring moment, that was impossible to capture. these photos were taken with my cellphone]
Being in a new place is not necessarily acting as a flaneur, is it? that is more the role of a tourist. A flaneur is more of an acutely aware urbanite, scrutinizing his own city. not necessarily in a state of amazement and awe, but more in a critical state of mind- attempting to unpack the details of his surroundings, rather than capture the panoramic landscape.
-lily
susanne: where are you?
gabriella: beautiful pictures! are those the ones with the macbook? i can't wait to see the medium format ones. what were you up to in tuscany?
jorun: it's been about 470 days since i last saw you. :-(
every that camera i own (super8, nikon dslr, flip video, video dv, tiny digital canon, AND even macbook) has either broken down completely or begun to malfunction quite often, all during the past month.
of course this all happened just after graduation, so i no longer have access to the school cameras. this has greatly changed the way i work. i now have to rely either on generating images through the computer (in after effects or sketch up) or by using the camera on my cellphone.
i visited LA a couple weeks ago for the first time. i travelled to the desert and saw some truly fantastic things that i could not sufficiently capture. it made me think about the frustrating moment that happens quite often when visiting a new place and being in a state of wonder. the optical properties of lenses and putting a frame around your view are incapable of capturing your state of amazement.
[figure 1,2,& 3: a rainbow stretched across the entire mojave desert for a brief moment. i was lost on a dirt road trying to find a hot spring. it was an awe inspiring moment, that was impossible to capture. these photos were taken with my cellphone]
Being in a new place is not necessarily acting as a flaneur, is it? that is more the role of a tourist. A flaneur is more of an acutely aware urbanite, scrutinizing his own city. not necessarily in a state of amazement and awe, but more in a critical state of mind- attempting to unpack the details of his surroundings, rather than capture the panoramic landscape.
-lily
character - development
jorun, i like your suggestion of developing a single character.
i think that is an interesting way of fulfilling what was discussed a while ago of having a unified group show. where the difference between artists is hard to distinguish, and instead forms an unstoppable eclectic force.
i'm at a loss as to how we can develop this as a group on a blog.
let's all meet at my house on friday to discuss. new york, ny.
-lily
i think that is an interesting way of fulfilling what was discussed a while ago of having a unified group show. where the difference between artists is hard to distinguish, and instead forms an unstoppable eclectic force.
i'm at a loss as to how we can develop this as a group on a blog.
let's all meet at my house on friday to discuss. new york, ny.
-lily
Hello Ladies!!!
Just back from Tuscany, Italy. What a wonderful time...
Made many new pictures with my middleformat-camera. I will develop the films this thursday. Junst wondering....
Sometimes I was on the road with my Mac-Book and took some pics with the photobooth-programm, without seeing anything because it was so sunny. But I was acting as a flaneur and I wanted to it by the way. And though the eyes of a female beloved girl.
I like the idea doing an art-piece together. Nice! An art-camp: what a nice thing Mel!
As soon as I get the pics I will put it in here.
Now everything is growing. Like that!
Hugs
Gabriella
söndag 28 mars 2010
love it!
melanie! all your ideas sounds great! I really like the idea of the exhibition flaneuring aswell (going from place to place), and it could be like chapter one, two etc... in the same way I flaneur travels from place to place and developes during the journey! I also like the idea of the exhibition developing during the exhibition time, I will work like this on this years exhibition at my school. I will write about that in my next post!
It feels like we're finally getting somewhere!
/jorun
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