Discovered/accomplished: Beginning to make my plastic "quilt" was, in my opinion, a good first step for me. Working with the plastic bags was really interesting... cutting it turned out to be the trickiest part of the process, but I love how it looks when I sew it together. I like the way light looks through it and the way it moves. I think it has a lot of potential, now I just have to figure out what I am going to do to make it an installation/how to take it further. Here are 2 pictures of the quilt after I hung it in my studio:
It is pretty hard to take a good close-up of it, I will have to experiment with that...
When I was researching plastics, I found a Spanish art group called Luz Interruptus who created an installation using plastic bags:
I love the way the bags glow, and I also like that they really didn't alter them in any way (they didn't cut them or sew them), but just by adding the lights & letting the wind blow them they become very sculptural. Someone also suggested when looking at my piece that I try to recreate the "plastic soup" in the ocean, by just photographing tons of plastic material in a pool. That is definitely something I think I should consider.I am starting to think more about the work I will be doing as installation/temporary installation that I will photograph. In that way I will be a photographer and a sculptor and the two mediums influence each other. I was very inspired by Scott Hocking's work and the way he explained his process and the idea that his installations are temporary and subject to the environment. They also only exist today in his photographs, as many have been destroyed. It kind of reminds me of ghost sculptures, especially when you view the before & after shots. After spending time in the library looking at books, I am finding that I absolutely love the aesthetics of land art/earthworks. ( I checked out four books: "Water Library", "Land Art", "Earthworks & Beyond", and "Great Lakes Water Wars")
I want to create something that responds to human interaction with water and makes the audience think more deeply about the subject.
Do: I am realizing that I need to define my main water issues... i.e. How much can I tackle? What is the most important thing for me to take on?...etc. I would also like to continue working on the plastic quilt and expand on it. If I hear back from the pool managers I am hoping that I could try to set up dates to use the facility for an installation. I am also going to see if I can check out Andy Goldsworthy videos from the library, because Hannah and Chelsea both suggested that I look at more of his work.
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