East/ West

Friday

Presented my proposal to someone else, she told me what she would be looking for in a proposal for either a solo or group exhibition. Lots of intomation about what I want to do and pictures to help visulise it mainly.

She showed me examples of a few other proposals, good ones not so good ect. and explained a bit about them.

Looked at my proposal and my statement, she said they were both okay, and asked me a few questions about them.

Explained that the main question she would ask a possible artist would be about funding, where would they get they money would they pay for it themselves ect.

Said I could continue with my cranes, try to make it a reality rather than a theoretical situation.

Thursday

Cleaned up my proposal, made it presentable. Did the same for my statement.

My proposal is in the form of a power point presentation, i.e. on slide per page when it’s printed. I added some more photos I have taken previously and spaced the text out a little more to allow myslef room to place emphasis on the more important point in it.

Went to see someone about my proposal lin the afternoon, see what advice he had to offer – how to improve my proposal, statement ect.

I need to clean up a few bits here and there, such as more infomation about the positioning of the lights, weather the music in background music or more dominant. But apparently it is okay.

I also need to place more emphasis on the community participation embodying the meaning and representaion behind the cranes.

Wednesday

I finished the proposal – ish. Spent the first half of the day finishing it off – actually putting it all down on the computer for it to be read.

My final idea is a completely red room, no outside light coming in through any windows, lit through lamps on the floor. The room would be filled with paper cranes suspended from the ceiling, on the floor, on the walls – so that where ever you looked you would see a dozen Origami Cranes. The cranes would be made by community participation so they would embody all that they represent and they would be made out of anything and everything – from plain paper to bits of newspaper.

There would also be music – not sure exeactly what but there is a song about Sadako and her cranes in both english and japanese which gave me the idea of using a song(s) which are both english and japanese. The music would be there to add an extra dimension to the installation – music including the whole room so it would add to the idea of totality.

Tuesday

I hate paper Cranes.

But I persevered. I took lots of photos, took my cranes outside and photographed them. Trying to finalize my ideas.

Considered the use of mirrors.

Mirrors make you look at yourself. By putting them in a room full of paper cranes, everything the mirrors resemble, their power, all that they mean to you, you become.

Mirrors would make you a part of that as long as you are reflected in them.

Scrapped the idea of mirrors by the end of the day.

It was the frames that made me give up on that. Lack of frames wouldn’t fit. At least I can’t make that fit in my mind, and frames have too much personality, old frames, new frames, weird frames, it wasn’t getting me anywhere.

Mirrors also make a room seem bigger, and I prefer the idea of an enclosed space. Like a little bubble where all differences are put aside.

Monday

I am definitely going to use the Origami Crane as a base for my final proposal.

Unless I change my mind.

I spent today brainstorming as many ideas as possible and hating the lack of ideas coming out. I’m thinking of an installation – a room filled with origami Cranes. But I want it to have an impact – not sure how I’m going to do that.

My reasoning behind the Cranes is that everybody is different. No two people are alike. The difference between the East and the West is astonishingly big. However there is common ground. That is emotion. Hope, Love, Passion even Hate and Anger. They are universal. However they present themselves they are still there.

And this paper Crane has been made in Japan, India, Armenia, England, America, Brazil, Uzbekistan, Austria, so many places because of this one girl.

I want the room to represent the totality of emotion. Despite everything it is still there.