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Good intentions aside, here I am again writing a blog.
Why am i writing a blog when i have about million things to do before my final exhibition and the exam !!. Well actually I hope it will help clarify for me what is going on.
My moulds – (which is now apparently the proper English spelling, rather than Molds which is U.S.) have been on my mind. That is the new ones are growing on me. They are less perfect, rougher, smaller and a matt finish, unlike the previous shiny perfection. I think I will make more casts from them, I like the degrading of perfection. As the cast are meant to represent units within a system and systematic repetition is prone to degrading, flux and entropy, I think they will be great. I intend to use both the old and the new together along with the emergence of some coloured casts to represent emergence. I have worked out a layout I like by printing some patterns. So that’s settled.
My large spheres are pretty much finished with a new hanging system of nylon wire which is unobtrusive and will hopefully makes them appear to float. There have been some comments on how ‘peaceful the spheres are’ which was not really my intention. I don’t want to shock (so done) but I think some disturbance is needed. Slow movement would help i think, it would help with a certain planetary mass and weight. How? I would like a motor to turn them, though that maybe very difficult to achieve at this late date. Hand cranking with a Pully system on a central pivot could be an achievable alternative. Also I have made some stuff with spikes which is nicely dangerous.
Speaking of spheres, they are everywhere at the moment, I heard on the grapevine another student at Christ Church is doing some, another artist in the creative quarter has produced some. A tutor mentioned the Turner Contemporary at Margate. So I thought I would check it out as its now open. The place is full of spheres and circles. Giant circular windows are built into the architecture – georgous. One of my inspirational influences, Russell Crotty is actually exhibiting there, cool. It seems it’s all Turner’s fault and I quote ’The Sun is God’. I thought it was just me who is obsessed with round things. They have a wonderful unitary symbolism. Also think clocks (time), the round table (democratic), the hermeneutic circle, the cyclical nature of life et al.
That said I am planning the exhibition space. What to include? Mmm ? What hangs together well to create cohesion? I am considering: Breathing room, lighting and a path of viewing, possible poetry quote on the wall and some sounds music and/or the spoken word. Lots to think about…
Be back soon
Yvonne
