program
my studio project is a vessel for winnipeg action artists to practice their performances. the action artist performs actions in everyday conditions; on the streets, in the shopping mall, in a public courtyard, (in a washroom stall??). the action artist's action suggests that the human conditions particular to a region, combined with the audiences consciousness is art. the ephemeral quality of the action is more important that the tangible residue resulting from the act.
technology topic
the building technology i explore is the infrastructure needed to support
- the relationship between the human conditions particular to winnipeg, and the audience's consciousness /peripheral awareness.
-the capture of the action, in order to: a) archive for future reference and b)potentially redirect the action and project the images of the actions to other locations (other walls in the vessel, or in the city.)
the infrastructure supports tracks for sliding cameras used to film actions from a variety of views.
the infrastructure physically supports projection walls, lighting (natural and artificial) and the "guts" of the filming and projection technology (cables and electronics), in a poetic and revealing way, which does not hide what is needed to allow the phenomenon of film and projection to be actuated.
*i spilt yerba mate on my laptop, resulting in disabled shift and caps lock keys. i apologize for the current lack of proper punctuation on my blog.
02/21/09 building the frame.
on two platforms, 76mm x 23 mm x 23mm and 76mm x 21mm x 25mm, i've assembled a 175mm x 40mm grid, using 1" x .5" x 69" bars with notches, which cross .5" x .5" x 16" bars. this grid is street level on my site.
02/22/09 building up
from developping the program
