October Exhibition Diary 3. I spent the last two days installing Molecular Dispersion (Vertical) in my studio in preparation for the Jersey City Artists Studio Tour tomorrow (Sat-Sun, Oct 5-6, 12-6 pm, maps at Grove PATH stop, I'm Studio 17, come on down!). It only took about 9 hours to put up, but I took a lot of breaks, trying to figure out what the thing was supposed to look like. Oriented vertically, it's less the bramble it was in my apartment and more of a f*ed up dymaxion shape. I say f*ed up because the polygons don't "close" the way they do in a true geodesic structure. The piece is only an illusion of a sculpture (it weighs about a pound, all of which is held up with pins), so there's more opportunity for fun and games: pseudoEscheresque spatial gags, struts that just kind of stop in midair, and passages assembled for no reason other than that they make nice color combinations. Because the piece is vertical, I had a devil of a time keeping it from being anthropomorphic. The "dispersion" in the title is a coy reference to the postminimalist Alan Saret, who made "sprays" of painted chickenwire that were very theoretical back in the day (early '70s) but look rather forlorn now in museums. I think my piece looks forlorn, too, and it's brand new!
I was searching Google/Images for Alan Saret and came across this page, which lists him as a computer artist and a resident of France. Not sure it's the same guy, but the page is quite a find. I love that early, rudimentary computer art, when the artists were all math nerds.
how'd it go this weekend?
Very well, thanks. People in Jersey City really come out to look at art! I'm still mentally composing the rest of my diary entry and will post something soon.
a friend of ours also has a studio in jc and she participates in this every year. she is always impresed by the amount of people coming through her space.
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October Exhibition Diary 3. I spent the last two days installing Molecular Dispersion (Vertical) in my studio in preparation for the Jersey City Artists Studio Tour tomorrow (Sat-Sun, Oct 5-6, 12-6 pm, maps at Grove PATH stop, I'm Studio 17, come on down!). It only took about 9 hours to put up, but I took a lot of breaks, trying to figure out what the thing was supposed to look like. Oriented vertically, it's less the bramble it was in my apartment and more of a f*ed up dymaxion shape. I say f*ed up because the polygons don't "close" the way they do in a true geodesic structure. The piece is only an illusion of a sculpture (it weighs about a pound, all of which is held up with pins), so there's more opportunity for fun and games: pseudoEscheresque spatial gags, struts that just kind of stop in midair, and passages assembled for no reason other than that they make nice color combinations. Because the piece is vertical, I had a devil of a time keeping it from being anthropomorphic. The "dispersion" in the title is a coy reference to the postminimalist Alan Saret, who made "sprays" of painted chickenwire that were very theoretical back in the day (early '70s) but look rather forlorn now in museums. I think my piece looks forlorn, too, and it's brand new!
- tom moody 10-05-2002 5:24 am
I was searching Google/Images for Alan Saret and came across this page, which lists him as a computer artist and a resident of France. Not sure it's the same guy, but the page is quite a find. I love that early, rudimentary computer art, when the artists were all math nerds.
- tom moody 10-05-2002 5:35 am
how'd it go this weekend?
- linda 10-07-2002 7:42 pm
Very well, thanks. People in Jersey City really come out to look at art! I'm still mentally composing the rest of my diary entry and will post something soon.
- tom moody 10-07-2002 7:57 pm
a friend of ours also has a studio in jc and she participates in this every year. she is always impresed by the amount of people coming through her space.
- linda 10-07-2002 8:31 pm