Another shot of the tree lit by light from the mountain scene in the performance.
February 2012 Archives
After collecting the driftwood from Anna, I began assembling it piece by piece based on the individual sizes, the weight, and the composition of the wood. It was difficult working with the base of the tree because the large vertical piece was pretty rotted out and the screws weren't holding it very well. I eventually found a few places where they stuck, though, and I continued assembling piece by piece as the tree informed me how it wanted to look as I went through the process of building it.
Here's the tree after I assembled all the main pieces.
Here it is in the performance and installation space. It was only about 5 feet tall, so I wanted to add on a branch to help fill it out and make it have more of a presence. You can see the branches we were working with in the background.
After picking out a branch, I tied it with twine to the tree and added the bones from Anna at the base and the one hanging off the side.
A close up of the base.
The finished tree with the Raven mask hanging off of it.
The poster for Barefoot! Spread the word and reserve your seat!
Here's the driftwood I will be using to create a tree sculpture for the space.
Anna's project fits in well with what we've been talking about in my Arts 5670 class as her piece is about a biological body (the human body) and how it is making a mark in nature. The entire project is turning into this collaborative, performative art from as we are working with variety of artists from different disciplines. I've been thinking about nature and the bodies that help make it up (like the plants) and those that interact in and with it (such as animals). I'm designing sculptures that have an element of interactivity to them that mimics and explores this concept - where the dancers can interact with my designs much like plants and animals interact with the world around them in nature.
Here is the beginnings of the portal Anna wanted me to make.
I measured the size of the door to the installation and performance space in Regis West and built this frame to fit inside of it.
I will be painting the frame black and stretching white fabric over it so that a projector can project an image onto it and so that people will be able to walk through it into the space.
