mundane perceptions
this is a photo from my trip. which seems like it was 3 years ago not 3 weeks ago. i spend a lot of time just looking for/at things - 1/2 the time i'm not even sure what it is i'm looking for until i spot it. i know i'm not alone in this endeavor. in fact alicia and heather have started a whole blog on noticing . and they are looking for participants next week .
i've been thinking a lot lately about what we notice. what seeps in through all the various filters and barriers that exist. how we process the bombardment of thoughts, images, sounds in our daily lives. what is it that makes us stop for 1/2 a second. or makes us smile.
yesterday i participated in cca's first year final reviews. and here's what stopped me... the idea of PUNCTUATION in art. what constitutes an exclamation point, a period, a question mark - and how do you insert and utilize those to the benefit of you work?
also the idea of intervention and art. or just the idea of intervention in general. like my photo. someone painted those water/gas/electricity mains in rainbow colors. i'm not sure if it's a coding system, or just because, or.... but it intervenes in how i normally look at industrial necessities.
anyway - i also have a question to pose - if any of you are up for answering. it's high time i re-vamp the portfolio section of my website . and i have a lot of work to add to it. right now i just put newer pieces up as i make them - thinking more about making them look nice on the page as a group of 8. but i'm starting to think it might be wise to have categories - at least in the recent work.... something like : tank installations : doily installations : domestic scenes : doily drawings : etc. any opinions?
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i look forward to seeing your revamped site.
I like the idea of punctuation in art, as well. You could express such things in so many ways. A colour, a form, a certain line quality.
And yes, noticing can make yourself a better person too. Noticing little life, efforts, details... It's good to notice :)
I agree that categories would be a good idea. Your work has such nice continuity that however you arrange them I'm sure will be lovely!
i've been thinking about a similar thing with my website recenlty as well.
for yours you could think of it like an outline; large catergories break down to smaller.
installations > tanks, doilies, etc.
works on paper > prints, drawings, sewn, etc.
i hope you'll notice with us next week! :)
And I kinda like the sound of categories - for finding purposes.
:^)
Tiff*
jessx
Happy week to you, g xoxo
P.S. Great photo - that colour!
marvelous. xoxo
Perhaps start with the most recent ones? Or add a full list of categories of art you've made as a link list on the left most side (instead of page 1, 2, 3..).
Just my two cents! :)
x
Amy
A revamp! How exciting...yes, I think grouping and categorising would be perfect - and very you. Very in tune with the way you make, think and create. It would work beautifully with the natural rhythm of your pieces too - and extension of how you display them in galleries, on flickr etc.
Looking forward to seeing them all!! Happy May-day sweets, xo
A revamp! How exciting...yes, I think grouping and categorising would be perfect - and very you. Very in tune with the way you make, think and create. It would work beautifully with the natural rhythm of your pieces too - and extension of how you display them in galleries, on flickr etc.
Looking forward to seeing them all!! Happy May-day sweets, xo
Oh, and your work for the southern exposure's auction looks lovely. xoxolj
i think the category idea definitely won out. i'm working on it! :D
i think what keeps me noticing is little bits of unexpected. and so i try, in noticing, to remember to notice the expected and everyday, and not the things that jump out... not sure if that makes sense but that's what's rattling around in my head :) xox