Books by chance

I found three books, relevant to my research paper when I helped sort books from a deceased family member’s apartment.

How to design by Accident, James F. O’Brien, 1968:
Chance is beloved of Art, and Art of Chance.
Agathon fragments (c. 415 B.C.), quoted by Aristotle

In the retreat from the realistic image, things that were at one time considered to be only the ingredients have become the subject matter of paintings for many artists. Composition, color, tonal values, the way paint is applied, even the materials themselves, are acceptable subjects. With Pollock, the subject was the paint itself and the interesting way it arranged itself into globs, drips, and dribbles, winding and curving its way over the surface of the canvas with minimal control by the artist.

The Art of Assemblage, William C. Seitz, 1961:
Save for a few calculated examples, the physical characteristics that these collages, objects, and constructions have in common can be stated simply:
1. They are predominantly assembled rather than painted, drawn, modeled, or carved.
2. Entirely or in part, their constituent elements are preformed natural or manufactured materials, objects, or fragments not intended as an art material.

The book is about assemblage from 1910 to the end of 50’s. Artists like Picasso, Jean Arp, Duchamp, George Brecht, Louise Nevelson, Miró, Cornell, Rauschenberg is to be found.

Billedleg (Picture game), Gunnar Sneum, 1962:
The book is an introduction to create images in a playful way. Fx. a chapter about composition has this subtitle: How can the squiggle be arranged.

Copenhagen Contemporary: Sarah Sze

This work expand my understanding of video installation, I was pleased and surprised by the life and presence the installation expressed.

From the catalog:
Sarah Sze’s installation Timekeeper (2016) explores the origin of the moving image, and mirrors the endless flow of information that overwhelms us every day. Screens flicker and fade, and projected images race cyclically around the room. A whirring, clicking world of objects is arranged in accordance with a specific logic: that of a working desk, a site of the studio. Formed in part from the remnants of the actual editing desk where the work was made, Timekeeper is simultaneously a sculptural installation and a functional tool: a projector itself.

Sze’s sprawling sculptures are not definitively delineated in space, a contrast to the traditional concept of sculpture where the work is distinct and can be isolated from its surroundings. For this reason, many of Sze’s sculptures appear like works in progress: when you encounter the work it feels as if the artist has only just stepped out of the room for a minute, making us wonder whether the work is still under construction or perhaps being dismantled.

One of the recurring traits of Sze’s work is her interest in time. However, Sze does not work with the usual chronological and mechanical concept of time as something that can be measured and recorded; rather, she explores time as something that arises out of the unpredictable ways in which the images and experiences of everyday life affect our sense of time passing.

Science seeks to define time by measuring it down to the smallest nanosecond, and we live our lives in accordance with this approach. Timekeeper challenges such an objective view, creating instead a perception of time in which experiences and frames of reference are brought into play upon encountering the work. Taking the form of a three-dimensional collage, Timekeeper holds and hides moments and memories that can be re-experienced across time and place by each individual who visits.

About Sarah Sze
Sarah Sze (b. 1969) lives and works in New York, USA. She represented the USA at the 2013 Venice Biennial, and was a 2003 MacArthur Fellow. Sze has exhibited her work at museums throughout the world, and her work is held in the collections of prominent institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Guggenheim Museum in New York, Fondation Cartier in Paris, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Museum of Modern Art in Los Angeles.

 

Dream image 12: David

Dream image 11: It’s not a crow

Dream image 4: Au pair in Belgrade

Test of drawing style for animation

I made this animation test for to see how the drawing style will go in animation.
I took seven photos of myself, drew after them with a soft pencil on tracing paper, scanned them and imported them into After Effect.
I let each image stand for three frames, and I looped the movement.
The sound is one of my recording of ordinary things, in this case: apples in a wheelbarrow.

Reflection:
The movement of the head and the texture in the background is changing too mush. I could make more “in-betweens” drawings and draw the background more alike, or I could make a more simple background. But in the end, I think the style is too shaky; it could probably work in combination with another animation method.
My idea for the test was weak, and therefore I get a little bored.
Audio wise – I think there is “something” in using sound which comes from another source

Video Projection

Documentary about chemicals in our environment. I created a series of visually strong breakers that formed the visual background for hard facts about the hazardous chemicals absorbed in our food chain.

Visualization of sound

Animation inspired by phenakistoscopes, designed to provide a visual experience on sound designer Finn Markwardt’s website.

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