As you can see in the video the use of plastic i feel helps represent the physical bird. The problem i am facing is whether to carry on with the rest of the body of the bird or keep it where it is. I am not sure where to draw the line and whether the stage it is at is enough to represent its concept.
There are many different applications for this project, it can be left as it is or added to another larger project and used as a separate station to be part of lots of individual stations.
I am in the thought process contemplating whether to use this and keep this as a human operated machine or change it to motor operated. Although doing this would alter the concept of the sculpture.
I have used plastic bags on the wings to represent the feathers, also using plastic bags helps keep the weight of the structure minimal.
Using semi-transparent material for the stomach helps portray the story of the concept, showing eaten plastic.
This is a short video by Fischli and Weiss showing how things put together in exactly the right way and communicating with the next object at exactly the right time can cause a chain off effects where one thing can knock onto another for a desired outcome, or for the excitement of watching the process ignite kinetic energy together.
This is a good example of how performance art can be created even without the use of electricity.
I have been looking at different mechanisms and have discovered some of the most effective and optimal mechanisms are the simplest, Not only because they are easy to execute but they are easy to restore if anything goes wrong.
I have chosen to explore this topic because this history of sculpture greatly interests me, the evolution of different media used and the concepts behind. I feel the works of artists, such as Theo Jansen and their concepts are similar in relation to my own. I enjoy the use of materials and contemporary means of creating sculpture with the inclusion of kinetics.
http://www.ted.com/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures?language=en
Theo Jansen’s Sculpture is very similar visually to my own work. He uses Kinetics and simple materials to create something that comes together and moves elegantly.
