A couple of years ago, I made a piece
based on the brain (but mostly my brain) called Brainwaves. For this
project at LAMOA, I wanted to deal with the way community,
conversation, and ideas sculpt individual modes of thinking and
perceiving….. I wanted make a sculpture that incorporated multiple
points of view so I reached out to my art community, friends and
family asking them to contribute information. That meant any
information that they wanted to share.... anything that they found
interesting for whatever reason and wanted to be public. It was not
about secret stuff or anything that someone would feel proprietary
over, just free information of any kind. I also asked specifically
for a youtube video.
The information
that I received ranged from an Old Magician’s notebook, night
braces, monochrome rainbows to a collection of images of jackknifes
and iron lungs. Youtube videos covered everything from skydiving
cats, how to make butter, to a tragic documentary on a famous
wrestling family.
Viewers are
invited to browse the archive and are welcome to contribute
information and add your name to the information pool. Information
must be on 8x10 paper or you can write down weblinks that I will add
later.
This sculpture
will travel to the Print Center in Philadelphia in September.
All additions
will be included in that exhibition.
