Dilemmas
An inevitable part of this project is dilemmas, hand in hand with decisions. I am finding it challenging to determine which of my current selection of challenges for August is in fact the most challenging. I have so far received three challenges all from people I know, two of whom I am very close to. I feel a personal dept to these two people for challenging me which is a distraction from the decision.
In a nut shell the challenges are as follows; The first looks at collectively standing in concrete until it drys, the second is to produce an oil painting for the Marmite Prize and the last (which I think was off the cuff) was to make a shirt with no seams.
I am drawn to the shirt challenge, another of those almost impossible situations and I think it could be interesting. The other two I am finding a little too prescriptive. A lot of the challenges that have been submitted seem to be a way for people to make art work without them actually doing it. Perhaps at times they are unrealised projects or ideas. (Reference Unrealised Potential). Perhaps it is because I like the shirt challenge I am projecting a challenging feeling onto it and not looking properly at the others which potentially involve endurance. Although I feel comfortable about creating a painting!
The panic is also starting to set in that I may not have enough people challenging me until the end of the year. Perhaps another tactic will have to be employed! I think now is my worried period. I also feel that my quality of work is getting weaker, perhaps this is because of the nature of production being quite instantaneous!
Divine intervention wanted!
