Shell Game is a record of the inquiry into the nature of shells, collecting, valuing...How do we experience them? Object, idea, commodity?? Is the individual, sociological projection of shell ness what comes to be the reality of shells? Or do they have inherent 'ness' independent of other...
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Cascade is a hanging floppy book form. At one point I tried a Jacob's ladder form, but it was too linear, restricted, I wanted more a waterfall feeling, you can see the total form, but you cannot see all of the elements individually. I wanted to randomize the viewing of the elements within a dynamic form. Gravity determines the various ways the form can be pinned and held in place. At first, I wanted something that could be viewed horizontally, but the sense of the waves of shells did not convey. It works as as private hand held piece, but I wanted something that could be viewed in an open gallery setting (faculty show), without encouraging a lot of handling.
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