as archived from page – jan 10, 2009 – vandana<\/p>\n
Notes from 1\/28\/07 Meeting<\/strong> Jaz<\/em> Alana<\/em> Francisca Rachael<\/em> Liz<\/em> Michelle<\/em> Asha<\/em> Eileen<\/em> I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sorry I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting these up so late- some of it will probably be irrelevant- but I thought there was a chance that some of it would inject an old perspective as a new idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n Eileen Liz Jennifer Rachael Francisca Alana Michelle Asha Jaz 1\/14\/07 Notes: <\/strong><\/p>\n Rachael Michelle Levante Liz Seaton Eileen Jaz Francisca Alana (Venue options) 1\/07\/07 Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n These are very short notes. I just pick up words from the general conversation that strike me as important. Please edit this post with any corrections\/additions. You can also add comments if that makes more sense. We’re experimenting here.<\/p>\n Liz Seaton: Rachel Serbinski Alana Kakoyiannis Eileen Francisca Jasmine Jennifer Carpenter Michelle Levante as archived from page – jan 10, 2009 – vandana Notes from 1\/28\/07 Meeting General Announcements Sleepover in space\/PJ party 24hours Final Critique Manifesta-collective Descriptive statement on labels \u00e2\u20ac\u0153things Mary should never say\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Approach Linda Nochlin to speak at artist … Continue reading
\nGeneral Announcements<\/em>
\nSleepover in space\/PJ party 24hours
\nFinal Critique
\nManifesta-collective
\nDescriptive statement on labels
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153things Mary should never say\u00e2\u20ac\u009d
\nApproach Linda Nochlin to speak at artist talk or write and intro to small catalogue or\/Judith Broadlsy, Ophelia, Ferris
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Angry hysterical women\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Mira Schor- bad clisches about material is still relevant.
\nSachiko-polychrome wood<\/p>\n
\nEtching on fabric\/electric tealights
\nDivine and earth coming together
\nCandles, tealights, large votives
\ninsurance, bulbs, resistor-flickering
\nwater sprinkler
\nclothesline. sheet? Divine glow
\nlighting from the back
\nsacred heart, relics from torn sheets<\/p>\n
\nFeminist Future
\nSuper 8, solitary revolt, angry act- focus-script
\nSatire good way to channel anger
\nBandW TV, projector\/Monitor\/LCD
\nrenting projector<\/p>\n
\nSimplicity w\/technology box- drawer-coppertape, grey goose box- metal doors
\nFound wood
\nHingels
\nLight through holes<\/p>\n
\nDreams about giving birth to a new world
\nVenus\/nude pagan goddess
\nPink color we are all comfortable with
\nPink for girl-seductive
\nDavid Hickey: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153On Beauty\u00e2\u20ac\u009d from Invisible Dragon<\/p>\n
\nFinish all three-tweaking
\nCrochet cotton-thickness\/color
\nHair extensions
\nBigger knitting nancy
\nSilk cord-dye\/paint
\nPulling together work on this one
\nSee how all 3 interact<\/p>\n
\n3 pairs- possibly 6 pairs-12 stations
\nHave the stations descrive as point of view of Virgin
\nCut up text degrading act
\nSecular Catholic physical tradition\/religion
\nText- sexually charged- mother-literal
\nfemale\/male<\/p>\n
\nCall for Art-Red Saw Gallery\/Vaccume aferro
\n40 boxes- possibly stained w\/plexi tops glass coffin
\n20 spoons”for action”
\n20 soap (what will soap look like?)”for words”
\nwooden spoons\/soap
\nplexiboxes
\nSpare the Rod, Spoil the God
\nEach represents more time, more punishment
\nMary Kelly- Post partum document
\n“discipline your god” kits
\n
\nJennifer<\/em>
\nFloating
\nExperimenting with thread
\nDecided on white- like she is being “erased”
\nCome out of wall- coming towards\/going away
\nAluminum rods<\/p>\n
\nScaling up the ideas- human scale of hexagon
\nTile size
\n300% makes same size
\nSome on wall, and one piece more sculptural
\nSeven bees on the wall
\n“contagious graphics”- stickers
\nDipped in beeswax-encaustic-sew together
\nOff White paper
\nNotes from 1\/21\/07 Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDictionary of Symbolism<\/span>, Hans Biederman
\nThe Red Tent<\/span>
\nJennifer Bartlett plates\/silkscreened graph paper\/ grid\/text (Art in America)
\nLine quality- illustration vs. drawing. Straight lines vs hand-drawn
\nGocco (sp?) printing- handmaking image
\nPapers\/cloth
\nFred Holland- dead bee collection
\nBeekeeper contact (Liz)
\nLiz’s family kept bees- photographs
\nScale possibilities large handmade paper
\nInstall floor mobile?
\n3 feet units
\nViewer as bee scale
\nInvitation for public interaction<\/p>\n
\nThe Sacred Gaze
\nOn the Strange Place of Religion in Art<\/span>, James Elkins
\nArt world: religious art= kiss of death
\nLetter to a Christian Nation<\/span>, Sam Harris
\nFluids, hair\/milk\/tears\/sweat
\nSpiderwoman
\nKiki Smith
\nHitting the floor?
\nBrooklyn Museum- scale
\n(I missed a lot of notes because of our engaging discussion about Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins)<\/p>\n
\nDecapitation in stretching (keep the current decapitation)
\nSculptural quality of painting
\nFeet&hands
\nEdge\/ground flirtation
\nPrayer card
\nColor of thread- buff\/white\/metallic- erasing
\nRed-blood
\nBlack- darkness<\/p>\n
\nFeather bag marble thread connected to belly birth (marble with whirling\/world qualities?)
\nVideo
\nFlattening of gold field
\nSacred floating\/royal
\nBlack
\nPS1 James Turrel Gold Exhibition
\nOpacity of figure
\nVoluptuousness vs. strength. Both seen.<\/p>\n
\nLCD Monitor
\nOlive oil
\nEileen has pew (if needed)
\nPunctured tin<\/p>\n
\nMechanical Brides<\/span>, Ellen Lupton
\nPyrex newer\/breaks easier older\/thicker
\nCharacter vs. artist
\nPush one way or another
\nModern marriage- archival footage
\nIntentional experiment
\nCharacter buys the “housewife” routine
\nArtist doesn’t
\nMoment of break- slowing down
\nWaiting- neighbor spying.
\nWringing apron- misuse
\nDomestic rebel<\/p>\n
\nHans Bellmer
\nTraditional: Jesus naked
\nWomen more clothed
\nContrast contemporary: more clothed men\/less clothed women
\nPorno-crucifixions
\nPairing carries naturalness- not literal- feels abstracted
\nTriptych- others (?)
\nCostco- $10 color printing
\nAdorama- A\/B 21st & 6th Ave
\n16\u00c3\u201420<\/p>\n
\nRadio Replies<\/span>
\nCall-in questions to priest
\nTrinidad Coloring books
\nErotica Universalis
\n“Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child”
\nPhysical punishment
\nSpoon\/belt\/switch- scale how big is MoG?
\nHow big is the crime?
\nHow big is god?
\nHow severe the punishment?
\nSoap- wash mouth out- discipline
\nRuler switch
\nImpression on discipline
\nInteractivity: box can take out
\nAss of Styrofoam- strong man\/mother contest
\nProof of “how strong a mother you are”?
\nHow much food does MoG make?
\nHow much does god eat?<\/p>\n
\nNational Geographic<\/span>, current issue
\nBatik
\nMandorla
\nBody fluids: piss\/blood\/shit\/vaginal discharge
\nOurant Figures- catacombs
\nGoko thing?
\nCotton more “feminine” vs. “granny”pregnant
\nSewing in crotch piece<\/p>\n
\n(I have more for you, but my notes are elsewhere- mostly they were notes on your work as you described it. I’ll put it in here hopefully tomorrow)
\nEileen mentioned a Buddhist butter sculpture in response to edible sculpture
\nvideo recommendation: Guillermo Gomez Perez: Body of the Immigrant
\nConfiscated by customs- life sized jello body copy
\nEating body of the immigrant
\nJeanine Antoni- Stations of the CrossJennifer
\nFrightened\/intimidated by religion
\nsmall stitching- sewing maching tech issues
\nbright grount
\nsuggestions: hat stitching\/software with sewing machine
\nprinting\/screenprinting
\nMegan Klim- Jersey artist: ink in wax- encaustic
\nsewing into paper
\npaper ideas: mylar\/vellum\/tracing paper
\ncross-stitching: hook rug backing
\nfabric stores: JoAnn, Talas
\nTools: Mechanical awl\/ Japanese screw punch<\/p>\n
\nLooking at altar pieces.
\ntriptych linen and gold paint
\npresenting image worship
\npose: ecstatic\/orgasmic\/ethereal\/weightless
\njesus on the cross\/wailing mourning\/falling not flying
\npower in face\/brain (?)
\nSt Theresa’s ecstasy (Bernini)
\nEmotionless-playboy
\nDealing with image of women- possibly kitsch maybe blonde
\nBarbarella
\nBackground may add context: color\/celestial\/fabric\/painting
\nChange tension in posture
\nVariations on gender spectrum
\nLegs together not necessarily just as Christ- but also modesty\/propriety
\nUse the sagan context?
\nUse video still as opposed to photo still
\nsee A.I.R. Gallery group show
\nGestation stage- growing aliens\/parasitic growth stage\/
\nBodies exhibition: South Street Seaport<\/p>\n
\nCrown of thorns
\nHinging?
\nSecond skin latex layering
\nSheeting layers\/silicone release paper\/cheesecloth with clear gel medium\/dntal dam textures
\nSeparating experiments- how images go together vs. skin textures
\nStations of the cross
\nHeresy in meditation so much that you identify
\nHydrogen peroxide\/saltwater to speed rusting\/paint rusting texture
\nShellack on latex breaks it down
\nAsk Pearl Paint about archiving\/complete sculptor- VanDam<\/p>\n
\n3 Fates
\nMOG as suggestive of Catholicism
\ncreatrixes\/corner relief
\nRecovering allegory: Guston
\nMoving past allegory
\ndiscussion of meaning in work.
\nanxiety about literality<\/p>\n
\nLino\/Collygraph (sp?)
\nHexagons: beehives\/chemistry bonding
\nTab to open book. Exhibition vs. interaction
\nBooks Boxes and Portfolios Text
\nSmall Pearl screens\/Pearl Paint=cheapest\/ NY Central=in stock
\nexperiment at _gaia<\/p>\n
\nCheap bought\/making panties
\nSuffering\/pleasure red\/white wine\/water, bread\/wine, tears\/blood, water\/fire
\nBatik bedsheet
\nItallian renaissance Art- geometry\/structure\/perspective\/formulas
\nDeath of Virgin
\nTriangle in the square
\nmass produced-sweatshop labor
\nWas Mary making her own panties?
\nAmerican Psycho (film) scene of murder
\nThe Bell Jar
\nRelationship btw bedsheet\/panties
\nPanty vending machines
\nAnxiety of hymen
\nRed Tent
\nFear: showing sheets
\nResewing to experience the hymen.. spinal (?) surgery<\/p>\n
\nHighlighting festivity\/ 6 inch monitor
\nOrnate arriving
\nLining with tin: soup cans\/beer cans
\nCraft flowers
\nImage
\nViewer as editor\/crosscutting
\nuse small text on wall for translation\/physical writing? instead of subtitling
\nPassport imagery
\nKitsch: as image\/ plastics fetishizing the handmade. outsider viewer defines kitsch
\nIntention behind relic\/oratory items
\nHandmaking to either minimize or refuse kitsch<\/p>\n
\nModern Wife part 2 (was it modern love? did I make that up last week?)
\nChange of mood
\nChange of perspective?
\nMeditation of window scene as opposed to teacup\/shoes
\nb&w will need projection testing
\nSlow motion\/use different camera
\nB&W vs. Color
\nBreaking violence\/gentle intentional unbinding
\nHeat up sink in order to have cold water break glass instead of sink.<\/p>\n
\nLex Leonard
\nGrace Church
\nLibrary Building
\n660 Grand
\n919 Gallery
\nStacy Collins house
\nGallery space as opposed to alternative space<\/p>\n
\nFeeling images of the body
\nWitches\/ group feminism
\nBecoming animal becoming
\nFaceless bodies
\nPostural schema
\nHair turns to fiber<\/p>\n
\nPotency\/feminism\/sexuality
\nSelf-portraiture
\nHand stitching
\nScale
\nMissing feet in photos
\nCensorship re: sagan drawings
\nLiz had sewing solutions<\/p>\n
\nWife becoming mother
\nPyrex-heated up- cold water
\nAprons
\n‘marriage shock’
\nLiz: described her own project: Willful misuse of household objects.<\/p>\n
\nBees, Queen\/King bee, Fear
\nBeebook
\nHexagon pattern\/Rebus
\nEgyptian embalming- folding out
\nOptions for printing: LES Printshop, Manhattan Graphics, SVA, Art Student’s League (others?)<\/p>\n
\nFreedslaves town ritual video
\nBottles, sweeping
\nAlana: mentioned having a relevant video (?)
\nPresentation: altar\/oratory with video inside
\nMultipanel possibilities?
\nContext for video<\/p>\n
\nSacred heart: flames\/crown\/thorns
\nBatik sacred heart on sheet, white panties stretched on frame, almond shape around virgin head, black panties\/white print- fluids
\nSexuality\/Femininity of Mother of God
\nSacred Heart images: Luis Jimenez\/Mexico
\nHankerchief
\nSheet as shroud, elvis in a donut<\/p>\n
\nDisquieting imagery= religious images
\nSewing on prayer cards, Ayn Rand pose
\nThings to think about: presentation\/line up\/ scale\/vertical\/ascension, descension\/ implication of cross\/circle\/ tactility\/mobility.<\/p>\n
\nAlgos Botanica (sp?)
\nVideo- peppers\/sex\/death
\nSeason of Healing
\nBark\/tree growing over fences
\nMateriality- beeswax
\nVarnish
\nConnectivity\/ roots& fencing. Flesh photography added
\nPlaques for station of cross.
\nEdging- respond to image?
\nQuilts\/sampling
\nHealing over trauma
\nPerfect shellack- wet sanding
\nMortification of flesh. Woods of suicide- dante’s inferno<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"