The Meeting # (bit more resolved)
The Meeting is now beginning to resolve to some sort of conclusion that isn’t the bin.
Playing around has granted me new perspective – I can see some potential. In the top photo image (1) I’ve used fluorescent plastic overlay to exaggerate the participant’s facial interactions. Next I will print out the series proper.
The yellow house paint in image 2 adds a tastey painterly quality but hides the environment which in retrospect is important to the scene. A thinner paint application would be an option.
I’ve blacked out the figures in marker here (3); although their identities are hidden, their body language is clear.
The bottom photo collage pleases me (4). I’ve toyed with the idea of creating three new larger pieces with just the heads alone; one in a bubble shape, another in chronological order and finally one in the form of a picture chart.
You can see how much I’ve skirted around the original issue. I completely forgot what I had intended to do in the first place, I lost clarity on my own subject.
It’s taking time to decide what works and what doesn’t: – A blog grants a little distance to the work. The images get a fresh pair of eyes, a new perspective.
The Meeting# = (unresolved, ongoing, seemingly never ending project, slightly bewildering, faff)
Way back in April an image of an artist’s meeting in a_n inspired me. I was fascinated by the participant’s facial interactions.
For a long time I’ve been interested in re-enactments. Taking this to it’s logical conclusion I requested a meeting out the back by the garages.
Four non-artists, (haters, actually), an Ikea table from the dump, a Dictaphone and me taking photos. I asked them to discuss contemporary art and they obliged. The following transcript kills me every time. But I love them for it. This is what they really think.
The Meeting = 16 photos, a transcript and an Ikea table.
Since May I’ve faffed with these components endlessly without reaching any conclusion. I can’t decide whether what I have already is enough.
I’ve broken up the table with the intention of creating a monument and want to incorporate the transcript into the wood somehow.
I’m continuing to faff with the images; drawing and annotating them in an attempt to link back with the office and flag up the interaction.
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Aha!…so it does take a blog post to make you realise what was under your nose all along!
It all starts with an idea.
I have so many ideas. Really, I don’t know what to do with them.
Right now, I’m managing ideas. I have a serious collection stashed in a book. It doesn’t matter what time it is, or where I am, I’ll get that idea down.
Worst case scenario: great idea, but what was it?????
Typically, I’ll work on a few ideas at once. I envy anyone who can focus on one idea at a time.
Flitting from one idea to another and back again. Shame, as some great ideas fall by the wayside, they get old and abandoned. Goodbye old idea, I’ll just get on with another one…
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