Blue
I am closing in on my first complete week here and thinking a lot about what I am working on and why, what I want to gain from this experience and how it applies to my current body of work. Now I am going to try to erase all these ideals and just work. With help from Jay (look to images) a window has been restored to my little bathroom. It has changed it so much and I am looking forward to checking it out in the light. I have never replaced old windows like this and it was good to learn.
Process: I have realized that I am accustomed to working from a material that I find and love. I work it into an idea, which generally falls into my overall body of investigation. Here I am given a plethora of materials and am not sure the way to really make them mine. In fact I am not suppose to necessarily make them mine. Instead I have found a space. I am going to try to work this space the same way. The difference is that the space varies from the material because it is already embedded with information and it has the ability to create an overall mood and experience in a bigger way than a material. So....with this in mind, I am going to work with it as a material and see how my process evolves. It is funny to track these processes so meticulously; I have never had time for this before. Another thing that I am really concentrating on it the fact that I am at a place that is not a sterol white studio in the environment of my regular life. I am at a place that comes equipped with a new exploration and a new set of interests. So I have to really decide if this installation is for me, elsewhere, my portfolio, or for future ideas or what….
Color exploration: As if this place will fix all the mysteries of art making… I want to figure out some of my unclear thought on color. Jaime and Chris shocked me a few months ago when they pointed out how much color I use in my work ( and not in my house remodeling) while I was expressing to them my FEAR of it. So I am off to try to use blue. It seems right for this room and space and it is a color I usually exclude. Let’s see if color can be cleared from my list of scariness while I am here.
