Thoughts on the MIA trip and what I am working on
I lost my information sheet from our artist visit last Tuesday, so I'm doing this entirely from memory, which really means that I am not sure what her artwork was called, or her name, for that matter. I feel really bad about this because it was so great to meet her, and I feel rather rude for having forgotten it.
Anyway, I really enjoyed our visit, and meeting her. My favorite part about the installation was that you had to totally immerse yourself into to be able to see everything. If I didn't walk across the river, I never would have known about the horses heads or known how cool it was to see my reflection in the floor (no I am not narcissistic!) I am glad she was there to help explain it a bit though. While I certainly took my own interpretation from it, it was nice to hear how she did it all: what materials she used, how long it took, and the obstacles she faced. Just from seeing the exhibit you would never know the troubles she had in turning her vision into a tangible exhibit.
I also thought I'd post what I am working on at the same time as I do this blog. (not visually, because it is a load crap right now) My goal is to do something to honor my maternal lineage, and I orginally thought I would contrast that with our culture's partiarchal way of dealing with heritage, but I decided to cut that out. What I have so far is a very crude set up of a bunch of pictures and it looks a bit more like a cheap invitation to a family reunion than it looks like art, but I am working on it.
I am also discovering that Photoshop is much harder to use than I had previously thought. I am really struggling with making it do what I want it to, but I guess that is part of the process, right?