Mary Ellsworth

i spent last weekend viewing many specticals i attended a mass in assisi, watched a soccer game at the stadium, and saw the flight of the dove (aka the easter parade).
I really enjoyed engaging with the city in this way. i especially liked the easter parade with is layers of seemingly illogical pieces which make up an elaborate spectacle. i think i am interested in using the easter parade as my spectacle. it attracts me because it has many complex parts which when disjointed would be almost illogical. it would only make sens to someone who had been to florence and seen it. i enjoy the idea that the parts of this spectical are only really conneced by this one event.

i was also inspired by my travels on spring break and my previous works last semester which i would like to incorperate into this piece.

over spring break i visited pompeii and i was inmpressed by the textures and ambiguity of the many frescoes i saw. It is interesting to me that when taken out of there cultural perspective or disjointed that these images become more intriguing. i would like to reduce and separte my spectacle into the spectators, the players, the objects, the ritual. i think by separating and fading out these objects i can make an interesting work.

i would also like to modify and reincorperate the book form a form i have been exporing this semester. Instead of making a book out of paper i intend to make a three piece accordian style form out of metal. i think the metal wil be intersting base for creating textures on. i have some idea about the way i want the metal to be but i need to make sure i can access that type of metal.

i am worried to some extent about time constraints.