 |
Mike Stops For Lunch. Someone stops
to talk to Mike. The following question is posed: "So, um, what are you
drawing here anyway, I mean, what is the theme?" Mike gazes skillfully into space. Erica jumps in. "Well, firstly, you heard the 'theme' from the museum? No? Well they came up with the idea of "The Museum: Inside/Out," so we thought about it for a bit and then came up with an idea. We figured we would show the journey of an art object as it is created, revered, saved, pillaged and dragged through history. So as the narrative unfolds you will see how this piece is transported, fought over, sold and broken literally into pieces that get dispersed. It will find its final resting place in the sanctuary of a museum. So it will be basically a mural dedicated to an art object's point of view.... |
| "What you see in front of you
- is some people carrying a platform (that will hold the art object, whatever
that will turn out to be) in a forest glade near a kind of old stone city.
If we find ourselves all fired up and have successfully swept around the
museum with time to play, we're thinking of altering the narrative and
costume of this scene - but keeping the same backdrop scenery. It
would be nice to overlay and rework spaces, addressing by inference other
cultures and how different peoples might respond to the same art object.
Reminiscent of The God's Must Be Crazy - a film about the fiasco
caused by a littering airline pilot who drops a coke bottle from a plane
that is discovered by tribe who had no conception of the modern
world 'cause it's strange to think how far removed we are from the initial
context most all of the art we see was originally produced for.
"We liked the idea of focusing on the treasure-box-of-things-with-stories, sense of a museum. And the idea the narrative thread of the mural would be an art object whose - dissolution we would trace. We're also thinking of depicting the making of the piece and the creators - as the last part of the mural. Rounding off our relationship with the art piece by finally meeting its parents - so to speak." |
|
| Today Erica still slaved away on her tree.
The trees nearby are looking threatened so I can only guess that means
she is doing an excellent job. I got stuck drawing pillars all day...for
the city/fortress place that we are making next, where the art object
will be sold and then potentially divided into smaller pieces so the buyer
can turn a profit on the many art objectS he/she now possesses.
Man, can you really trust anyone? Or is that just good business sense? Maybe we will intervene and stop this from happening, I hope we get there in time. |
|
| Here is Erica's tree!!! It is really big, kinda
like these letters, but so much bigger. Oh, so much. |
 |
 |
Today Kevin dropped by. He is a resident of the city of Worcester and I have known him for about 10 years. I only get to see him when I make murals in Worcester. We used to work in the parking garage together. Back in the day, when I spent my summers saying "Two dollars, please, thank you." Not that there is anything wrong with saying that to anyone whenever the urge grips you, but it is a particularly appropriate thing to say when working in a parking garage. |
| |
|
 |
|
 |