Week One--Second Semester

I am going to use this week's post to talk about my review, which was incredibly helpful. Janie, Joe Trumpey and Jim Cogswell were my committee members and they offered me really useful suggestions and general things to think about.

It was recommended that I convey more of my specific sensations associated with particular places as well as specific memorable events instead of broader representations.

Two recommendations were most helpful to me. These were:

1. Playing more with scale to convey emotions and sensations--this can extend beyond the realm of "reality," that is, people don't need to be smaller than buildings.

2. Consider different ways of handling the paper--maybe some areas are treated differently (ie. come away from the surface, are elevated off the surface, etc.)

I have so many ideas whirring through my brain right now and I'm really excited to push my envisioned Berlin into a more surreal landscape.

I made these flower boxes out of German die cuts of little kids. They are a bit more sculptural in nature than what I've been doing and I really like them. Because Prenzlauer Berg had SO many kids I thought it would be fitting to have the kids as potted flowers, hinting at their omnipresence.

My camera battery is charging but I will upload photos of the flower boxes when the battery is recharged.


I also want to show some images of work by artists who were recommended to me. The artists mentioned were Red Grooms and Joyce Kozloff.



P.S. I submitted my grant reimbursement form yesterday (Thursday), which is a great feeling!

P.P.S. OOH! I also wanted to mention that I e-mailed Jane Hammond who also does a lot with paper and collage and works a lot on large-scale surfaces so I asked her if she could recommend good ideas of support surfaces for my purposes. I briefly described my project to her and what I needed for my purposes and she quickly got back to me with really great, specific suggestions. I thought that was really cool, and I'm going to take her advice in terms of material.