Time ran away with me today! I haven’t posted, I have commented, I haven’t blogged and it’s already nearly 4pm. Sometimes you can get a day’s work by mid-morning, other times you are just starting when its already dark outside, and today was kind of the latter.
I got sucked into thinking of unusual ways of documenting this labour-heavy process. I spent much of the AM filming 2 minute sections of me carving a basket head of a goose. I am trying to make it seem like the camera is flying around the room getting a “birds eye view” (pun intended). But by lunch time I had done only a tiny amount of actual ‘work’ and had 12x 2min and 20 x 5min sequences. I’ll post those results after 5pm. But it is an important point to make, I seem to be tailoring a lot of my process for an online audience, potentially to the detriment of the art objects themselves…
Another thought I’ve had with the ‘Fast-Forward’s is that I tend to use the ambient sound sped up, which includes whatever is on the radio or podcast I’m listening to. So far, besides carving and bandsaw noises- you’ve heard an extended episode of Front Row and some D&B at 25 times normal speed. But at my core I am quite a conceptual visual artist, and I’ve realised it would be more appropriate to listen to relevant music to the action I am undertaking. Also, when it’s sped up it might reveal some new truth or meaning I can reflect on!
I’m thinking of creating a themed podcast of music relating to woodcarving, printmaking and giants. So far I am stuck with just “Under Pressure” by Queen, and “Knock on Wood” by Eddie Floyd! Any suggestions much appreciated!
