Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Animated Gif!
Obviously I really like loops/repetition. The animated gif has grabbed my attention. Perhaps there will be a piece or at least a website element that includes one. I ran across this while google image browsing for a piece I want to make: Great, huh?
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Olifur's Fan
I saw this piece installed at Chicago’s MCA over the summer. The piece hits on quite a few things that I really like in art work. The essence of the material informs the content of the piece. Air is used in a powerful and interesting way. There is also a nice balance of simplicity, delicacy…
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My "To Read" List
I have been trying to compile a list of ideas, subjects, artists…etc. to look at as I try to focus my thoughts toward a thesis project. As always I’m interested in a very wide array and resist categorizing as I find that boring. Defined = Boring (to me) Anyway, here is what I have come…
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Sisyphus
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus was a king punished by being cursed to roll a huge boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down. The endless labor of my art work that repeats in a small loop (Bless You, Pull Strings) relates to the Greek myth. I like to think about the work…
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Double Dutch
This is a mock up for a piece that I have been trying to realize for months. For now the jump ropes are attached to the wall and the mechanism is being turned by a hand held drill. There are a few aesthetic things to figure out here, but I am pretty sure I will…
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Deflation Documented
This was the part of the balloon sculptures that I really liked, but when I was making them last year, I never showed this part! I would exhibit the carcass of the deflation process keeping the interesting parts from the viewer. I have since done a 180 and entered into a phase of constant twitching,…
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pink and pretty?
This piece has transformed itself many times since it’s conception. It was going to be excerpts from “carefree” songs (such as those by Jack Johnson) with a torso-esque figure attached to the wall doing a shoulder dance. For awhile it was going to be powered by a tape player motor. I tried making an armature…
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fly on a string
I’ve got a fly on a string in my head. My drawings have repeatedly included this image of lightbulbs with a swarm of flies buzzing around them. I decided to attempt this mental image in three dimensions. It has been quite a process. I ordered fly larva online (aka magets), waited for them to hatch…
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Tickle Torture
That is not the official title of this work, I just needed to call it something so this is the working title. This piece which is 4x12x2.5″ consists of pepper, a feather, a wooden encasement with a motor inside. I was thinking about sensations when I made this piece. Tickling, sneezing, flitting…
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Life in Passing
I came across a really great video on activesocialplastic.com (which was quoting posts on Boing Boing and Wooster Collective). Artist Joshua Allen Harris made a series of pieces where animals are made from plastic bags and then ties to subway grates. Quite simply, every time a subway passes, the animals come to life. Check it…
Got any book recommendations?