I have made a lot of progress on my conference work since the first wordpress assignment. Most recently (as in 5 minutes ago), I purchased several materials that I will need for the installation of my photo collage. Such supplies included a plexiglass sheet, fishing wire, and ceiling hooks, so that I can hang my final project from the ceiling and have it serve as a more interactive piece than simply a collage hanging on a wall.
In addition to exercising my credit card on amazon, I have also put the photo lab’s scanner to work. I began experimenting with scan glitching, a style of glitch art in which I play and move my photo while the machine is scanning it. I was extremely excited to try out a new style of glitch art, and I’m even more pleased with the results. Below is my favorite piece of scan-glitching that I definitely plan to use when I assemble my collage.
I also used the scanner to upload a graffiti drawing that a boy drew for me on a date. I’m planning on playing with the image in photoshop over Thanksgiving break, to add color and clean up the image into something bright and exciting to include in my photo collage.
I’m really excited about the shape my conference work is taking, and look forward to watching it grow even more. I am continuing to take inspiration from Dada photo collaging styles, in addition to several readings from class. One reading that stood out to me in particular was the interview with Barbara Kruger, in which she said “if architecture is a slab of meat, then so-called public art is a piece of garnish laying next to it.” Kruger went on to describe public art as having a “decorative function.” I definitely visualize my conference work as a garnish, serving as a decorative function in Heimbold. The more I think about my piece and the more effort I put into it, the more I see it as having a dual function of decorating the environment as well as improving it. Hopefully the class and the audience will feel the same way.
