Semester Long Assignment: is the grocery store goldsworthy?

IMPORTANT!

!!Remember!!This is not about making a piece that looks like two months of work, its meant to be something that
-you dont have to work on everyday
-so you can gain distance
-come back to it with fresh eyes
-apply learned knowledge that you gain over the semester
-go through changes
-be able to mess up
-research
-take your time with and have fun with instead of rush for a deadline
I'm not wanting you to know what exactly your piece will look like in the end, I'm wanting you to find out what it wants to be by giving it time and space to grow-
you are meant to NURTURE this piece / not to simply EXECUTE an idea
so get started so big things can happen,

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

is the grocery store goldsworthy?

So, I want to work in a way similar to Andy Goldsworthy. Only while he works to become in touch with the energy and beauty of nature I'll be working in department and grocery stores. Obviously my intent is a little different than Andy's, but maybe there is something to be gleaned from his asthetic?

I like the idea of going into my chosen environment and manipulating the materials that are naturally there and then leaving the work of art to be discovered by a shopper or shelf stocker.

what do you guys think?

1 comment:

Becca said...: oh man i forgot how f-ing awesome andy goldsworthy is. go for the grocery store, it will be what people of the future see as "nature" anyways; February 2, 2008 at 6:26 PM