In class today we watched a video on Janine Antoni from the Artist 21 series. Her piece with the chocolate and soap was amazing- I believe it was called Lick and LAther! It showed how she washed the soap mold of her face to wear it down to depict her self image. She used very out of the ordinary methods to construst her piece in which in the end changed the interpretation of her work as well as become the title. Her rope construction I felt was a rather personal piece. I mean she had piece of a hammock thatt she swang on- i dont believe than anyone could really interpret this piece the same way that Antoni does, but does that weaken the piece? I dont think so- I hope to do a personal piece like that one day and display it publically. My all time favorite video was the "Touch" video where she learned how to walk on a tight rope in oder to film her touching the horizon on the ocean- I mean how would think of this stuff- it's not only visually appealing, but masterfully constructed. She is a new inspiration!
We also broke off into small groups and discussed our projects- which was especially interesting because usually in thoughs situations Im the last to talk about my work- but i found myself speaking alot- maybe too much. I think that these projects are going to be very personal- I mean it is an identity project so I guess it has to be...
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