¿Porqué no fotografiar?
Hay dos razones. Uno: dibujar para mi es una apropiación del objeto. Es una forma de conocer y apropiar el objeto, hacerlo mío. Paso mucho tiempo con los objetos, mirándolos en una manera casi obsesionada. A través de este tipo de dibujo científico y minucioso puedo conocer el objeto íntimamente y poseerlo. Dos: el tiempo para hacer un dibujo así y el tiempo de sacar una foto son muy diferentes. La fotografía es algo instantánea, no hace falta conocer el objeto para sacarle una foto. Para el dibujo, tienes que comprender el objeto para dibujarlo de esta manera. El tiempo de realización de la imagen es muy importante para el proyecto. También está relacionado con el tiempo de contemplación de la imagen por un espectador. Hoy en día, somos acostumbrados a imágenes rápidas y instantáneas. Este tipo de dibujo cuestiona y opone la rapidez de la sociedad contemporánea, en la media, Internet etc.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
project ideas...
I am collecting objects that have no use, whose original purposes have been lost. By placing them in a new context, I am giving them a new meaning in relation to one another. “To renew the old world – that is the collector’s deepest desire.” (Walter Benjamin (Illuminations, trans. Harry Zohn) What a collection does to an object, is give it a new life. The objects have nothing to do with one another. Their only connection is that they have ceased to have a purpose.
The objects appear to be things that could be found in the street, on the beach, in your apartment, or anywhere. In other words, they could be viewed as useless junk. Throughout our lives, we accumulate trash, things that fill our rooms and apartments. These things reflect the passing of time- the more time we live somewhere, the more things we seem to aquire. These things, or “junk”, in some ways measure the passage of time. My intention is to show the passage of time with a visual recording of this “junk”.
When we look at these drawing, we try to put an order to the chaos. (Miguel Angel Ramos- “orden es una herramienta humana.”) We try to make sense out of what we see. The objects tell stories of the past or raise questions about the past. They refer to a time that has been lost, that will never be recuperated. With this, I hope to create a feeling of nostalgia.
The objects appear to be things that could be found in the street, on the beach, in your apartment, or anywhere. In other words, they could be viewed as useless junk. Throughout our lives, we accumulate trash, things that fill our rooms and apartments. These things reflect the passing of time- the more time we live somewhere, the more things we seem to aquire. These things, or “junk”, in some ways measure the passage of time. My intention is to show the passage of time with a visual recording of this “junk”.
When we look at these drawing, we try to put an order to the chaos. (Miguel Angel Ramos- “orden es una herramienta humana.”) We try to make sense out of what we see. The objects tell stories of the past or raise questions about the past. They refer to a time that has been lost, that will never be recuperated. With this, I hope to create a feeling of nostalgia.
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
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