As I have seen some of his works before I have picked out some of the aspects that relates to my work and that I could connect to!
I liked some of the questions he asks himself during producing art in his studio, here are a few examples:
Why do we manipulate our environment in the way we do?
How has this manipulation led to systems (consumerism and capitalism) that we can not control?
How do you realize this as a person?
What are the limits?
Where is the point when it cant be accepted as art?
I am going to take these questions and connect it to the journey I am taking responding to consumerism and how the environment is affected by consumerism.
I like the idea of that work can be more process based, as I am looking more into sculpture this semester the process is the most important part of my practice in some pieces of my work.
There are some areas of consumerism I would like to explore and that is looking at the past compared to today's consumerism. Also look at mass produced items compared to the natural things.
Ideas:
I was thinking of maybe looking at mass producing an item in the same way that a manufacturer does.
Also look into the waste of items eg. Food (Look at the recent news about Tesco and big stores throwing away food that is eatable)
Readings from Micheal Branthwait:
- Jimmie Durham - Objects for.... and other things
- Capitalism and Crisis
Ian Brown
I wasn't really connecting with Ian as much as Micheal Branthwait but I found the idea of looking at video and sound really interesting!
Also I love the idea of the relationship between the natural world and the unnatural world!
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