Here is my first test piece related to my new series of photograms for
this semester. It is definitely a work in progress, since I am
attempting new methods with the projection of images as opposed to just
silhouetting my body in addition to the sculptural elements, and I feel
like this may take a similar path to the beginning of last semester: I
try to assert myself and tightly control compositions with this new and
intimidating methodology until it ultimately breaks down and reveals
something truer than I could have purposefully created.
I attempted to project words from my journal onto this fabric, but due
to the luminance limitations of the projector nothing appeared in my
first attempt, so I tried a double exposure and ended up with a gray
mess (although there may be something profound in that no matter how
hard I tried I couldn't get the words onto the fabric). I then took the
cloth and attempted to mold it to the plaster hand I created last week,
and ended up with a faint impression of an object beneath the surface,
which is what I wanted.
The
piece is raw and unrefined, but I think that's okay. Whatever I create
from this point could not come into existence until this piece had been
let out of my mind, and it is only the first step in what promises to be a frightening and illuminating journey over the next 15 weeks.
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