So long 2008. Here's to an optimistic 2009...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Felt Teddy Bear Skulls by UO Alum Stephanie Metz
I came across Stephanie Metz's website earlier this month and found myself captivated by her work in felt. It's beautiful and hilarious and creepy all at the same time. I can't say enough good things about it. stephaniemetz.com
Friday, December 19, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
More Headless Bears
I watched "In Bruge" last night and it was pretty darn good. So good in fact that I decided to watch all the special features too (which I rarely do any more). Anyway, there was one particular deleted scene that I found especially interesting:
Colin Farrell is walking around Bruge, alone and drunk, when he sees a teddy bear sitting on a bench. He sits down next to the bear, smiles at it, and hands the bear his beer. When he does the bear's head falls off and plops into the canal behind them. Then Farrell just sits there looking confused and sad.
It was hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time. Or maybe it was just really late at night and I thinking too deeply about it.
Colin Farrell is walking around Bruge, alone and drunk, when he sees a teddy bear sitting on a bench. He sits down next to the bear, smiles at it, and hands the bear his beer. When he does the bear's head falls off and plops into the canal behind them. Then Farrell just sits there looking confused and sad.
It was hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time. Or maybe it was just really late at night and I thinking too deeply about it.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Working Artist Statement
So I've been working on my artist statement, but I don't really know how specific to get because I don't really know where my work is going....or what all I'm going to show on Friday.
But any way, here is what I have so far...
My recent work centers around a fascination with deconstructing familiar objects, analyzing their components, and then reassembling them in ways that seem more attractive to me. Our culture is filled with objects, ideas and processes that are accepted as normal with little to no scrutiny from the masses. My question is why? Why is it acceptable to eat a food that is made entirely of sugar, artificial flavors, and coloring? Why is it acceptable to humanize an apex predator in the form of a plush toy and give it to our children? With my current projects I’m asking these questions by recomposing artifacts of popular culture and contrasting them to their original counterparts. My hope is that these investigations into the “normal” will spark new and interesting avenues of discussion that would have otherwise been left veiled by the cumbersome shackles of the status quo.
Fragmentation:
2. the disintegration, collapse, or breakdown of norms of thought, behavior, or social relationship. (dictionary.com)
But any way, here is what I have so far...
Fragmentation of the Familiar
My recent work centers around a fascination with deconstructing familiar objects, analyzing their components, and then reassembling them in ways that seem more attractive to me. Our culture is filled with objects, ideas and processes that are accepted as normal with little to no scrutiny from the masses. My question is why? Why is it acceptable to eat a food that is made entirely of sugar, artificial flavors, and coloring? Why is it acceptable to humanize an apex predator in the form of a plush toy and give it to our children? With my current projects I’m asking these questions by recomposing artifacts of popular culture and contrasting them to their original counterparts. My hope is that these investigations into the “normal” will spark new and interesting avenues of discussion that would have otherwise been left veiled by the cumbersome shackles of the status quo.
Fragmentation:
2. the disintegration, collapse, or breakdown of norms of thought, behavior, or social relationship. (dictionary.com)
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