Alison 2.24.08

CIAO EVERYONE! I just want to start out on a completely unrelated note by saying that I think that Rome is my new favorite city. We went this weekend and I had an awesome time seeing the Colosseum and Roman ruins as well as Vatican and St. Peters. Everyone says that you can't see Rome in a day... or a weekend for that matter, which is very true, but the small portion I did see I loved and it just makes me want to go back.

Okay... so my last project with the shadows of sign language went pretty well. I had some bumps along the way but I ended up pleased with it. During critique, the main issue was that people felt that the connection between the sound piece and the pastel drawings wasn't really working and instead of supporting each other, they detracted from each other. I think that this is one of those things that I have to pay attention to; when I know my thought process it makes sense to me, and I some times forget to view it more objectively as most people would be viewing the piece.

For my next project: my collection, my "back pocket" idea from my last project that I'm taking with me is the idea of shadows and how they communicate ideas. I've been thinking about making a collection of emotions. I would keep a record of the emotions I felt throughout a day (possibly a different length of time, depending on how it goes) and then I would translate these emotions into some sort of action or motions that I would then capture through their shadows. My structure would be the shadows and then I want to present them in a film form.

So far that is my concept for my next project... as for photos of my last project, I am currently having camera issues which will be resolved on Tuesday, so until then you will just have to use your imagination, but don't worry they will on Flicker soon :-)