{"id":1190,"date":"2021-09-27T21:30:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?p=1190"},"modified":"2022-07-11T20:29:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T08:29:12","slug":"213-157-session-10-1-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestir.red\/?p=1190","title":{"rendered":"213.157 &#8211; Week #10.1 Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wiki tekau, Akomanga tua tahi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Group discussion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, I was the only person in my group who had time at the weekend to do anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Mark Bradford<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uses found materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brings social and cultural issues into his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grew up in what could be thought of as a matriarchal collective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially worked in his mother&#8217;s hair salon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worked with hair papers &#8211; cheap, available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wants to keep the story complicated &#8211; no simplifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Works based on maps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gotta admire the use of a planer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledgment of people&#8217;s struggles &#8211; no turning away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract, but comes from material that&#8217;s &#8220;politically and socially charged&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Builds on what&#8217;s been done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant learning and experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Builds time for experimenting into his life. 80\/20 or 70\/30: 20-30% time for experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riots changed the physicality of his work and found items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dedicates time to giving back to his community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contemporary art for everyone &#8211; inviting the community to work with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHard won hope\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artists deserving of a seat at the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t ask; demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI pillage my own work. I tear it down and build it up in traces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do we know about Mark Bradford\u2019s materials, methods, and processes?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI pillage my own work. I tear it down and build it up in traces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uses found materials. Urban materials<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worked with hair papers &#8211; cheap, available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wants to keep the story complicated &#8211; no simplifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Works based on maps<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gotta admire the use of a planer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Builds on what&#8217;s been done before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Constant learning and experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Builds time for experimenting into his life. 80\/20 or 70\/30: 20-30% time for experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNecessity makes invention.\u201d<br><br>Experimental<br><br>Layers<br><br>Abstract<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reductive(?) artmaking, creating by removing. (e.g sanding art gallery wall, tearing paper)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gave himself permission to follow his voice, with no compromise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do these relate to community and cultural context?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brings social and cultural issues into his work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grew up in what could be thought of as a matriarchal collective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initially worked in his mother&#8217;s hair salon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acknowledgment of people&#8217;s struggles &#8211; no turning away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract, but comes from material that&#8217;s &#8220;politically and socially charged&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riots changed the physicality of his work and found items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1980\u2019s aids epidemic. Experienced as a gay youth in Los Angeles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working with the community to help foster youth, feeding his success back to help his community<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How material such as merchant posters suggest a timeline in culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contemporary art is for everyone, so you have to address access and need in your culture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think strong ideas ever come through the front door.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking remnants of our history and environment and trying to recompose and rebuild<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do all of these things connect and contribute to the ideas in the work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dedicates time to giving back to his community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contemporary art for everyone &#8211; inviting the community to work with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHard won hope\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artists deserving of a seat at the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use success in the market to give back, to help the disaffected youth, give them a sense of purpose through self expression<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His work is externally optimistic and hopeful<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDon\u2019t ask; demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Work reflects the social issues of the neighbourhood as time has progressed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">8. Haegue Yang<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What do we know about Haegue Yang\u2019s materials, methods, and processes?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use of off the shelf parts, e.g window blinds, planters, lights, racks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crochet\/Knitting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diverse media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geometry, abstractions, light and shadow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Particularly interested in <strong>the sphere<\/strong> as a burst of energy &#8211; a circular movement that doesn\u2019t go anywhere<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sound to support from the background<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imaginary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do these relate to community and cultural context?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Takes advantage of being in a gallery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elaborates on hidden meaning in mundane objects\/experiences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spatial\/Temporal journey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provoking imagination of the future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in movement in multiple dimensions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Physical movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emotional movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Social and political movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mental and abstract movement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How do all of these things connect and contribute to the ideas in the work?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geometry, abstract, light, shadow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Provoke thinking and abstractions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Focuses on marginal experiences and elaborates on them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interestested in the multidimensionality of movement: physical, political, social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interested in the politics in the boring nature of objects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Focuses on experiences that are marginal and peripheral as these experiences are full of poetic possibilities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using the space as more of a medium rather than just a space that focuses the attention on the work, active negative space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiki tekau, Akomanga tua tahi Group discussion Sadly, I was the only person in my group who had time at the weekend to do anything. 7. 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