Kate Owens

When brainstorming ideas for my subjective drawing, I was most interested in the view of the space from the context of sitting on a bench. From a bench, the more constantly changing properties of the location it resides can often be more interesting than the stationary aspects. I concluded this for my space (Piazzale Porta Romana) when I realized that most of my notes were not about details of the space itself but of the people that passed by. I would begin by describing the sights, smells, sounds, etc. of my space and quickly get distracted by a man and his dog walking by or two Italian students crossing the street in front of me. Also through referring to my notes, I was interested in how different aspects of my space kept on changing hierarchical importance the more I sat. For example, In the beginning I was interested in this giant pink stucco Classic Hotel, then it was the mysterious building behind me enclosed by a rod iron fence, and than it was a couple who walked together without saying a word.
In terms of what my final drawing will be, I’ve done many thumbnails in charcoal of pretty active perspective space scenes with elements that have been erased or redrawn. This process is supposed to demonstrate not only the transient properties of the people passing by but also the transient properties of what in the space stays most memorable. I plan on my final product being more realistic than abstract and I have not yet settled on how dramatic I want the erasing and redrawing to be.