So i went to check out the gallery on Saturday. i couldn't fall asleep right away on Friday night cause my mind was consumed. Which is good.....but sleep would have been nice too. Hehe. I figured out what i want to do and then going to the space confirmed it. The space was a raw looking factory. 35 ft. ceilings, brick walls, concrete and steel columns, and tons of windows. I loved it! I love love loved it. I love the juxtaposition of the materials. I love the rawness of it.
I am making a column. The column is taking in all the different aspects of the room. Each side will resemble the view it stands in front of. So if i am facing a window, then that side will have a window. If I am facing a side with drywall, then it will have dry wall. I plan on making it about 7 ft. tall. Which is rather large for my work. I am kinda afraid of the size. It's not intimate. But that is what i am kinda happy about. Going outside my boundries. I need that. I need to explore new mediums, new sizes, new. just plain new.
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I can't wait to see pictures!
I know you have figured out what you are doing, but I thought I would throw out some questions. I always like to be challenged about why I make the choices I make in my work and was thinking about your idea. I'm curious to get your reaction:
What used to be made in this factory? Is this important to the design of the structure of the building itself? Like the size of the windows, beams, material? How can this inform your piece?
Does it have a psychic imprint on the bricks themselves? This is a weird question, but I've been thinking about ghosts and hauntings lately.
Is there a history there that can be brought out in your mimicry of the structure?
Similar question to the previous, but more about the real history not your imagined impression.
Have all vestiges of this history been erased by the construct of the gallery?
I had the urge to art dork out, so hopefully you get something from this. This conversation would be easier over coffee.
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