Alison 2.03.08

I have always been good at the brainstorming process of any sort of project, and my space was no exception. For my subjective view I was able to narrow it down to three different ideas: the graffiti that covers the area, the reflections cast in the Arno, and the sense of danger that accompanies being there. However once I had thoroughly brainstormed these three ideas and chose to focus on graffiti and the idea of what is considered art or simply vandalism, I was stumped as to how to transform this idea into a visual image. I came up with various ideas, but none seemed to really interest me. I then decided it would be best to completely change tracks and instead focused on the danger aspect of my space. I was interested in the irony between the US where we have warnings on coffee cups that the contents might be hot (well, obviously) to Italy where there are no restrictions or even warnings about climbing over the bridge to sit on a triangular platform overlooking the Arno. This idea also caused me great issues, mostly because I got stuck on one idea and my visual presentation of it was not working. I ended class on Thursday with basically no idea as to what to do, besides an array of different ideas. Instead of stress about it, I decided it would be best to take a break and not think about it for a while. With this break, I was able to come back fresh and decided that to return to one of my brainstorms about the graffiti. I've decided to reproduce a section of the wall on grey paper in the materials that were used on the stone (to the best of my abilities) and then create a image of a frame in which to place the image in. I want to challenged the idea of what we consider to be fine art.