WEEK 4- Workshop

 

This week I had to bring my item into university but because I commute it means that I had to get on a bus and train in order to achieve this. It made me uncomfortable due to the fact I had to get on a train at a busy period of time and people were staring and I had a few ask why I had a table on the train which they found amusing. 

Lidar scan of the original item of furniture before I disassembled it to see how it evolves overtime.

                                     

I slowly took apart my furniture paying attention to the details of how it was originally assembled and how each part came apart in different ways and the craftsmanship of things such as the joins. whilst doing this I had to keep in mind the verbs I chose from the previous weeks text vibrant matter the words I chose were

1. complicate
2. provoke 
3. assemble 

these words were the starting point in order for me to decide the next steps when thinking about what I wanted to achieve whilst playing in the workshop. we were also given a list of other verbs which we could possibly use. 

using senses such as sound, touch and sight I was able to get a better understanding of the object. the noises and sounds it made provoked thoughts of musical instruments etc so this was a route I was looking forward to taking as a possibility.

once my object was apart I began using the machines but not really having an idea set in mind I just wanted to see what would happen if I had no preconceived ideas, I began playing with assemblage and how pieces fit together potentially being complicated. 

In Dime-Store Alchemy: The Art of Joseph Cornell, the poet Charles Simic writes, “Somewhere in the city of New York there are four or five still-unknown objects that belong together. Once together they’ll make a work of art. (Malech, 2016)

this poets words struck a chord when assembling items as I wanted to use this to emphasise my item giving it both a purpose but also creating something sculptural and appealing to the eye drawing you in to take a closer look and to interact. 

references- 

Malech, D. (2016, July 29). “Still unknown objects that belong together”: Poetry and assemblage. The Kenyon Review. https://kenyonreview.org/2016/07/still-unknown-objects-belong-together-poetry-assemblage/