Facing the Wall (6×6)
now you are thirty-six and your dilation shows that we are moving closer … note to self: https://iwp.uiowa.edu/whitmanweb/en/writings/song-of-myself/section-21
now you are thirty-six and your dilation shows that we are moving closer … note to self: https://iwp.uiowa.edu/whitmanweb/en/writings/song-of-myself/section-21
you astonish after only one falling away programmed from within you appear to have been the tail no longer needed lost in all-or-none fashion
which of you will be the one that evading prunings yet to come will persist I ask you has it already been decided from within I cannot tell which you are I know only what you are … notes to self: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_pruning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis
The wall of animations below begins an online work, its as yet unknown outcome will inevitably be traceable back to painting as its building blocks are the gif animations derived from numerous paintings. This work runs alongside the studio paintings and other works in progress.
Note to self: Working on the wall and how to get all the timelines up together and twinkling – should be 4 columns and 3 rows with each space filled with a different timeline. When this post is viewed after preview and/or publishing several spaces are blank and each time exactly which spaces are blank […]
Moving forward with the GIF animations I have been doing much experimentation; creating sequences and cycles. There is so much to explore just in this very simple format, which can potentially be projected onto a wall – it offers itself to a boundless scaling up or down, to treatment according to the nature of a […]
The above is an original draft design for a poster, introducing pictopoiesis to the world in a physical form (wall-hanging or otherwise such as collected in a folder) that is readily (and relatively inexpensively) obtainable in the world. The poster design is a way of combining the written poem and the painting into one form. […]
Arriving, getting a sense of the space overall, preparing, curating and beginning to install my wall: And on the third day, enjoying sowing seeds in conversation with performance artist and painter Lyu Wen, on her patch of earth:
Day three nitty gritty: The paintings were all hung by the afternoon of day three, which was yesterday. In between we continued to improve other painted walls around and adopted a plinth for Alexis (first year interim show next door) which also needed a complete revamp with tape and repaint in several coats. I also […]
The nitty gritty of day two: The repainting of my wall was completed, also further coats to other walls all around, the whole room began to look much better for this important and time-consuming preparation. The selection of the paintings had to be made, so the paintings envisaged were taken out of their packaging and […]