This repair to a cast, held in a vice, has the possibility of movement, a slight extension to the body, an armature, space in-between
Collage? Assemblage?
But its important to remember it’s not hands I am interested in - it’s the space in between
The project is about negative monuments, after all
And the purpose of all this research is not to make clever art, but to make good art.
It’s better if it holds attention long enough for meanings to suggest themselves, not about nailing down meaning
Nothing too fragile, please: concrete hands
piles: sawdust, sand etc.
‘event score’
Unit 3 Presentations
‘bringing different materials together to see what needs to be carried forwards and see what can fall away’
subject/object, simulacra/simulacrum,
embedded meanings within closed systems: alphabet, tarot
with the idea of restacking: don’t disregard the possibilities of the plinth entirely
Leo Steinberg: On Rauschenberg - mapping
William Gibson: atemporality