Joe and Shelley are holding each other accountable for making artwork regularly. Rules:
By 5PM each Fri., 3 new pieces need to be posted; the work doesn't have to be good, but it needs to be made. By 10PM each Sunday, they need to have responded to one other's new work via blog or phone. The slacker that misses the work posted deadline owes the other participant a photo book of their choice from amazon.com worth $45 or less. Miss feedback deadline, owe the other a six pack.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Untitled, as of yet.
These are three of the best images from a brand spankin' new series.
The idea: Laboratories, simulations of "natural" processes, empirical research colliding with fantasy, imagination, subjective experience, etc.
I'm most drawn to the first photo of the rapid prototype 3-D printer for several reasons: 1. At first it is very disorienting, I have to spend some time figuring out exactly what kind of space you're looking at because it's difficult to discern the size of the things in it (the only reason I'm familiar with it is because Nik does work on the same machine). 2. The dinosaur is weird in a good way- it looks like a toy, but it's inside this complicated looking piece of equipment. It's the only "organic" thing in the image. 3. I like that you've moved the main focal point off center.
I'm really digging the formal arrangement of the stuff in the second image. I'm trying to figure out if that little guy is on a hotplate...
It's really interesting that there is something in each image that is difficult to discern what the actual object/ equipment is, as well as what it is used for. It makes me curious and uncomfortable, like the penis laser thing in the third photo. With that light coming from underneath and the control booth it feels as though it is mass destruction device from a James Bond movie. What is it, by the way?
Anyway, I'm excited to see more. A couple people that come to mind when looking at your photos are Lynn Cohen and Anna Lehman-Brauns; unpeopled environments and similar formal qualities.
Also here are links to Tokihiro Sato, the dude with the penlights and mirrors:
yep, yep and yep. I'm glad you brought up everything you brought up - Lynne Cohen, the ambiguous purpose of these spaces/objects, the thing that looks like a death ray (it's a projector in a planetarium), sense of disorientation. These are things I want to evoke.
Thanks for the links as well. I love Tokihiro Sato's stuff. He really transforms those spaces. They're very clean.
Hey Ho, it's good to see your work again! Yay.
ReplyDeleteI'm most drawn to the first photo of the rapid prototype 3-D printer for several reasons: 1. At first it is very disorienting, I have to spend some time figuring out exactly what kind of space you're looking at because it's difficult to discern the size of the things in it (the only reason I'm familiar with it is because Nik does work on the same machine). 2. The dinosaur is weird in a good way- it looks like a toy, but it's inside this complicated looking piece of equipment. It's the only "organic" thing in the image. 3. I like that you've moved the main focal point off center.
I'm really digging the formal arrangement of the stuff in the second image. I'm trying to figure out if that little guy is on a hotplate...
It's really interesting that there is something in each image that is difficult to discern what the actual object/ equipment is, as well as what it is used for. It makes me curious and uncomfortable, like the penis laser thing in the third photo. With that light coming from underneath and the control booth it feels as though it is mass destruction device from a James Bond movie. What is it, by the way?
Anyway, I'm excited to see more. A couple people that come to mind when looking at your photos are Lynn Cohen and Anna Lehman-Brauns; unpeopled environments and similar formal qualities.
Also here are links to Tokihiro Sato, the dude with the penlights and mirrors:
http://www.hainesgallery.com/artists/Sato_Tokihiro/Sato_01.html
http://www.photoarts.com/gallery/SATO/satoexh.html
yep, yep and yep. I'm glad you brought up everything you brought up - Lynne Cohen, the ambiguous purpose of these spaces/objects, the thing that looks like a death ray (it's a projector in a planetarium), sense of disorientation. These are things I want to evoke.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links as well. I love Tokihiro Sato's stuff. He really transforms those spaces. They're very clean.