The beginnings of a conversation….
For the last six months, the “medium” of the blogosphere has opened up a space for a critical and analytical dialogue between me and my work. A harmonious cycle is created where, while the blog is the driving force for the artwork, the content is also about the creation of the work itself. Through the use of the immaterial and transparent nature of projection, an externalisation of an internal process is revealed; a transfer of thoughts and ideas can literally be projected onto another person. The process of the works creation is presented as its subject; viewed as a journey or a devlopment rather than as a deliverable or end product. Once set in motion, these series of experiments are then repeatedly applied, allowing the work to evolve. I am more concerned with the planning and practice of an event that might not ever resolve itself, but manifests in the critical discourse of the creative process.
Carolyn: By projecting an image this creates distance or another dimension of the subject of the image. The meaning is then changed from the artist’s meaning to incorporate the viewer’s meaning. Just as a sentence can be interpreted differently by readers depending on their personal worldview. The projected image absorbs the viewer’s viewpoint and appears a certain way to only that viewer. As in particle physics, when we observe something it changes it’s dynamics.
Tell me more about particle physics….
I’ve been drawn to this from Plato’s Simile of the Cave:
When he is approaching nearer to being and his eye is turned towards more real existence, he has a clearer vision, -what will be his reply? And you may further imagine that his instructor is pointing to the objects as they pass and requiring him to name them, -will he not be perplexed? Will he not fancy that the shadows which he formerly saw are truer than the objects which are now shown to him?
I guess what I take out of this is that on first inspection, the “text” on my projection almost refuses to provide an accessible denotation; as meaning, description and narrative appear to have been eliminated. However, once the blog is seen, the viewer’s perception of the work will certainly change as the writing is revealed. By separating the two parts, placing the blog in a different room, in a different part of the building, this does not necessarily have to happen. I wonder whether they can exist without each other; what kind of reaction occurs when seen independently and on the realisation that they are related.
Carolyn: I think it’s called the Observer Effect and is to do with Quantum Mechanics area of Physics (all too complicated for me). But it seems to relate to the flow of energy – when we interact with something we can’t help but change it in some way. There is also something called the Entangled Twin and Schrodingers Cat which might link in to how your work and your blog are linked in existence?
There’s a lot of info on Wikepedia … Have a look at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics)
