THE CUBE
workshop
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
February 2009
See also work no.11
The brief:
Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach. _Sol LeWitt
Let’s search for formal expressions that we cannot imagine! The creative task lies in setting yourself the right restrictions for a formal investigation. Identify the strong aspects of your research and extract them.
Monday, February 16th,
12.00h
We start with a one-day task: Make a perfect cube!
dimension: 10×10×10cm
color: white
We will meet at 17.00 to have a look at all the perfect cubes.
After that I will show some images from the world of cubes… They might inspire you for the coming days
Tuesday, February 17th,
12.00h
Find a system to investigate the cube. Think of an angle to look at it and turn it from there (metaphorically or literally). If you want to bring in another element such as color, text or your mom, please do so. Just keep in mind that it is not the moment to ‘say something’. Be a researcher, but research by doing. Make as many sketches as possible to generate sourcematerial for a final outcome. Drawing might be a handy tool for the investiagtion, but I want to leave that up to you.
We will meet at 16.30 to have a look at all the formal investigations that have been made so far.
Wednesday, February 18th, 14:00h
Continue sketching after your method; at some point you might feel that you found an interesting, beautiful or surprising moment. Keep it. You also might have simply explored your system to the very end. Look back. Make a choice for one of your sketches.
You will design a final work from the choice that you made. The platform for your work is a perfect square (0.65m2) on the left wall (entrance door behind your back) in room 418. Sketch out solutions for your final work.
We will meet at 19.00 to have a look at the proposals for the design of the wall-squares.
Tursday, February 19th,
12:00h
Finalize your plan for the outcome.
Then: Make it! Your project has to be applied directly on the wall. We will provide basic acrylic paints, brushes and tape. For other techniques (pencil, glow-in-the-dark paint, ink, spray-cans, stencils, collage, etcetcetc) you might have to take care of the material yourself.
Friday, February 20th,
12:00h
Finish your work till 17:00h
Then we’ll clean up and prepare for a happy opening at 19:00.
We’ll show all the work that we made during the week:
1. The perfect, white cubes
2. The drawings
3. The wall design
See you!! Claudia
workshop
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
February 2009
See also work no.11
The brief:
Conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach. _Sol LeWitt
Let’s search for formal expressions that we cannot imagine! The creative task lies in setting yourself the right restrictions for a formal investigation. Identify the strong aspects of your research and extract them.
Monday, February 16th,
12.00h
We start with a one-day task: Make a perfect cube!
dimension: 10×10×10cm
color: white
We will meet at 17.00 to have a look at all the perfect cubes.
After that I will show some images from the world of cubes… They might inspire you for the coming days
Tuesday, February 17th,
12.00h
Find a system to investigate the cube. Think of an angle to look at it and turn it from there (metaphorically or literally). If you want to bring in another element such as color, text or your mom, please do so. Just keep in mind that it is not the moment to ‘say something’. Be a researcher, but research by doing. Make as many sketches as possible to generate sourcematerial for a final outcome. Drawing might be a handy tool for the investiagtion, but I want to leave that up to you.
We will meet at 16.30 to have a look at all the formal investigations that have been made so far.
Wednesday, February 18th, 14:00h
Continue sketching after your method; at some point you might feel that you found an interesting, beautiful or surprising moment. Keep it. You also might have simply explored your system to the very end. Look back. Make a choice for one of your sketches.
You will design a final work from the choice that you made. The platform for your work is a perfect square (0.65m2) on the left wall (entrance door behind your back) in room 418. Sketch out solutions for your final work.
We will meet at 19.00 to have a look at the proposals for the design of the wall-squares.
Tursday, February 19th,
12:00h
Finalize your plan for the outcome.
Then: Make it! Your project has to be applied directly on the wall. We will provide basic acrylic paints, brushes and tape. For other techniques (pencil, glow-in-the-dark paint, ink, spray-cans, stencils, collage, etcetcetc) you might have to take care of the material yourself.
Friday, February 20th,
12:00h
Finish your work till 17:00h
Then we’ll clean up and prepare for a happy opening at 19:00.
We’ll show all the work that we made during the week:
1. The perfect, white cubes
2. The drawings
3. The wall design
See you!! Claudia
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