Sarah Q.//2.10

Alright, so here we go with another update on my process (and hopefully progress) with body and architecture projects…

My mind has completely opened up after our critique about my specific place, the Joshua Tree Pub, and how I’ve been depicting it. For our subjective assignment, I ended up doing the grid idea: I mapped out where certain textures were in the bar that I was personally attracted to (there’s pictures of the final project on my photo flickr page). There were both positives and negatives in my critique, obviously. My close attention to detail and things that I personally notice are strong, especially textures for me. Since it was so detailed, however, my mark making was not extremely varied and each aspect that I depicted was very contained and controlled in its little box within the grid. I think that if I tried to make things more free form and added transitions it might have been more successful. I might return back to my first idea of LAYERING textures and go a more free and abstract route.

Julia also remembered an artist that was doing almost the same thing as I was with trying to portray a bar and what I personally responded to and noticed. Her name is Joan Linder... after looking her up and seeing her artwork I totally understand what Julia meant. Her bar project called “The Pink 2007” I found here:

http://www.mixedgreens.com/ArtWeb/html/artisthome.asp?WorkInvNum=10254&artist=44&whatpage=artist&editionset=

http://www.artcal.net/event/view/1/5701

… I bet it’s really different in person. So cool though! Thanks Julia…

The art-party-game-night-activity we had was very fun too… it was even a little challenging for me to just let go and “have fun” with whatever materials I could find… I guess I do really have to concentrate on letting go more and just being free with my art and not CONSTRAIN myself! So, for my narrative I was thinking along the lines of how people relate to and feel in my space (a bar) and how it changes over time, for example with more drinks. For a film that I could relate to it I was thinking of using Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas… one of my all-time favorites. Oooh this will be an interesting project indeed.