growth

"i dare you to jump"
6'x10'x3'
bristol board and fishing line and already existing structures

This project is about how people grow and change and some of the feelings associated with that process. As you grow up, you do things that are comfortable. you don't really stray away from what you know. I tried to depict that by having a strand of bristol board follow a tree. trees are associated with things like shelter, they are stong, and there are good feelings attatched to trees. And like the tree, as you grow you start to branch out, but you are still connected to what you know.

For me, change is something that is uncomfortable, scary, and has a dangerous feeling to it. that is mainly because, i am completely getting away from things i know. i'm doing new things and jumping out hoping i can make it. i chose to depict this by having 3 seperate pieces hanging from tree branches. it shows that there is no direct route to where i am going. anything can change my direction, that is where the wind movement comes in. i am just jumping and hope i make it to my destination, in this case the handrail.

The next part is what i hope happens. change will help me grow and get me away from what i know. i chose to have a structure that hangs off the handrail to show the growth and expansion of my efforts. it also shows the unstableness and danger that i am going through to make it to my goal. instead of growing with the tree, the bristol board goes in and out of the structure showing that i am doing different things, and taking risks. if all goes well i will make it and grow.

sources:

"Modern Architecture: Characteristics". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_architecture (april 3, 2008)

Malena Bergmann, meeting, March 20, 2008

i chose these sources because, first architecture was a big change for me so that was what gave me the inspiration, and second i chose melena because she helped me focus on a new way to do work. i think aesthetically, it was richer because it wasnt so straight forward, you have to think about it a lil bit.

3/28

i finally think im going to make structures out of my cans. i want to get enough so that i can make at least 1 that i can fully fit in and move around in. this will be rough but i think i could find enough to build something awesome. i also want it to be easy to construct but take time to do so i might have some help building it but it would be awesome

accumulation project 3/21

after talking with melena, ive realized that much of my art work is too cliche or literal, so im not really liking my original idea of makind a sculpture of somekind of alternate enery source from recycled material. somehow i need to make myself get behind the concept and work from expression or emotions or something. so now i really need to get thinking in another direction.

class commentary for 3/19

today we had to meet with 3 groups for our project 2. the first group i met with was sarah, allie, and rachael. the idea that i had was to make an hour glass and in the hour glass have reprints of artwork that i have drawn. as i worked toward the top of the hourglass i would have had my more recent 3/d works of art to represent the change i have made over time. the feedback i got is that it was a good idea and that maybe instead of making it all 2/d, somehow i should make it start 2/d and end 3/d. My next group that i had was melena. her feedback is that i need to get away from the cliche images that i work with begause they are so overused it becomes more interesting. after talking to melean i went and had a group session with art, brian, and allyson. as i pondered what i should do now, i thought that maybe i should use replicas of my 2/d art work and start with those flat on the desk and start to build some kind of structure out of those replicas to represent the change. i really like this idea and they said they liked it. art told me maybe i should try to make a still frame movie as my structure progressed and that would deal with my element of time and change.

class 3/17

this trip to the mccoll center was alot better than last time. first of all i liked the art more. im not big on fibers and stuff like that so the art this time was more appealling to me. i really like the fact that alot of the pieces were interactive. it let me physically enjoy the art and put me "in" it. i also like the fact that howard let us in his studio and really took the time to talk to us and tell us how he worked. his art was very abstract looking from far away but when you got close you could really tell there was substance to it and he used all the principles of design in his works. its crazy to me that anything can be his inspiration and it showed because all his works had different themes. it was also cool to see all the individual layers of the piece and that helped show some depth in his piece. another thing that was interesting is how he comes up with his titles. they just come to him, they may come before his work, during, or after its done; but no matter what, he doesnt force it. it just comes. one thing that really stood out to me was that he puts alot of thought into his pieces but he also tries to be spontaneous and just do what he feels. i have a hard time being spontaneos when it comes to my art. i really struggle with just letting things flow and maybe i can find a line where i can think about it but still just go with the flow. i guess thats something i just need to work on.

accumulation project 3/14

this week i havent been able to collect many cans but hopefully next week will be awesome because i have lots of people in the dorm helping get me some cans

class 1/21

today we went to the mccoll center and just looked around and got a feel of what its like to do a residency. personally, id love to do one. i'd get paid to do art, be able to live in a vibrant area to give me some inspiration, and be able to show my work. we got to go into the studio of a sculpture, ed anderson was his name or so i think, and it made me really want to get my own studio and just make art. just the atmosphere of being in there really made me want to get down to work and i think thats what i would need in order to keep growing as an artist after i get out of school

class on 3/10

today we got the magazines and one of the magazines i got was the "sculpture" magazine. i really like this magazine because its what i do. i love to make things physical things that people can touch and interact with. its funny because i have had a passion from drawing since i was in like 4 grade and the first time i took a 3-d class i didnt like it all. i'm not sure if i just got bored of drawing because there is only so much you could do with it, but now i would much rather do sculpture than draw. i like it because i can use new materials and make things as big or as small as i want. i can put these things anywhere i want to. these are just some reasons i like sculpture over drawing. i also like architecture. i hope to do my graduate program in architecture. i love the challenge of solving problems and still being creative and thats what architecture is about. as i was looking through the magazine i saw a sculpture by Sarah Sze called "corner plot" that just seemed to be a pyramid coming out of a sidewalk. after taking a better look, and reading the article, it turned out to be the corner of a building protruding from the sidewalk. the awesome thing is that its a sculpture that is above and below streetlevel. it is as if the building has been "swallowed" by the sidewalk. as you look inside the window, you see that someone was living there. there was light fixtures, a clock, book shelves, vitamins, and so on. the placement is what got me thinking. it is placed where Central Parks landscape and the surrounding urban grid intersect. in class we have been talking alot about time and art. this made me think of how times have changed from the landscape being that of a park, natural and open, to an urban scape of buildings. the significance to me is how the sidewalk is swallowing this building and we are going bakc to the starting point of a natural landscape.

thoughts on class

with all the craziness going on right now, it's crazy to think that something i learned in art class, during this particular time, can be applied to my whole life and make life easier. Organization. getting all these handouts and guidelines made something in my head click. ive always known that organization/preparation will make life go alot smoother, but ive always been the guy who just blows through everything as it comes. i dont plan things out, unless i absolutely have to and i dont put in any preparation time, i just go with the flow. lately that has gotten me in a lot of trouble. i havent used my time appropriately, maybe im getting more lazy or just dont care, and things just seem to pile on top of other things. its crazy that going through all these years of school and 3 years of college, im just now getting to the point where i realize i cant do that anymore. maybe getting these handouts has made me realize that i need to be prepared/organized so i dont get in this predicimate again.