Shinkichi Tajiri (b. 1923 in Netherlands)
Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (b. 1934 in Sweden)
Eva Hesse (b. 1936 in Germany)
Nobuyoshi Araki (b. 1940 in Japan)
Marina Abramović (b. 1946 in Serbia)
Michael Beitz (b. 19xx in xx)
Adel Abdessemed (b. 1971 in Constantine, Algeria)
Paul Loebach (b. 1972 in Germany)
This is Philippe Petit, a french high-wire artist. He made a famous traversal of the twin towers on tightrope in 1974. I think many parts of this performance apply to our current assignment on ‘comfort’. It also brings up a distinction between performance and performance art. How would you categorize Petit? An artist or a showman?
There was also an academy award winning documentary on Petit, “Man on Wire”: http://www.manonwire.com/
Since this week is about knot making, I thought it would be nice to share an artist who works with pins and threads, Debbie Smith. Her work is entirely made up of these two materials, creating a big-scale scenery. The treatment and exhibition of the media change our perception of the materials as more artful forms.
The concept behind my first project was to illustrate in a non literal sense the progression an animal makes from living organism to edible, and the fact that the essential identity of the animal flesh does not change even though the name transforms. The tessellated origami form was used to convey a sense of structural soundness, essentially creating an atmospheric “world”, a representation of the throat through which the animal, in the form of meat, passes through.
Laban Movement Analysis, named after French/Hungarian dance artist and theorist Rudolf Laban.
Diagram by Ali Momeni
Stumbled upon the work of Tara Donovan while working on my project. Really got me thinking about medium and how different materials can have different connotations.
More of her work here.
I’ve had a pen pal since summer of 2010, however last December I stopped responding due to the accumulation of tasks and busy work that consumed this past year of my life. I resorted to communicating with her in ways that seemed more expedient; however with that we lost an element that was characteristic of our friendship.
Being here brings me back to a state of compulsive list making and constantly attempting, and often failing to complete assignments. Rather than complete this project for a letter grade, I’ve decided to use it as a means to accomplish a personal task. The content of the envelope serves as an excuse for my delayed response, however the assignment being an incentive to respond ten months later demonstrates the still present importance of academic requirements over personal ones.
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