Chris Hanke
Saturday, January 22, 2011
James Welling at The Hammer
Chris Hanke
Differences : Blackberries
Object: Blackberries
Dimensions: 1/2" - 1" (varies)
Material: blackberries, paper towel
Inventory Date: 1-18-11
Location Found: Ralphs, downtown LA
20 Differences:
1. sizes vary from 1/2" to 1"
2. overall shapes vary from circular to oval
3. depth of the pit
4. ratio of light to dark spheres making up the berry varies
5. amount of hairs
6. length of hairs
7. placement of hairs
8. shape of smaller spheres from circular to amoeba-like
9. some berries are bruised
10. some berries ooze juice
11. some hairs fall off onto paper towel
12. some are softer while others are firm
13. some appear dustier than others
14. size of spheres varies
15. smoothness of surface varies
16. amount of spheres making up the whole varies
17. pattern of the spheres varies
18. thickness of berries vary
19. shade of pit varies
20. shape of pit varies from circular to oval
Chris Hanke
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Dreams - Point Projects
Point 1. My dreams (as in sleep)
- they're forgettable
- they're imaginary, fiction with real life influences
- they're in color (or I remember the color the best)
- I can writethem down, talk about them & reimagine them
- Sometimes they come true, sometimes I just want them to
- They're usually surrounded in a fog/mist --like a view finder
- Sometimes its through my eyes, sometimes I am the observer of myself
- They can be traumatic, fun, interesting, usually a combination of those & others
- They are good inspiration
- They are unique, yet universal
To Display:
- I can talk about them.
- I can make a movie about them.
- I can write them down.
- I can draw a comic about them.
- Sound of the dream (like an audio-book)
- Translate it into a different language
- Paint it.
- Brain map / MRI
- Series of dreams highlight which is mine.
- dream research.
- Mapping of dreams vs. real life
- It is brown
- It is asymmetrical
- It is surrounded by lighter freckles
- It is the darkest freckle on my nose
- It is the biggest freckle on my nose
- It is off center
- It is on the left side of my nose
- It is at the top of the bridge of my nose.
- It attracts attention
- You can see it when you look at my nose from most directions
To display:
- Take out my other freckles
- colro it a different color
- i can put a glowing aura around it
- I can draw an arrow to it
- I can frame it
- I can duplicate it all over my face.
- I can raise it
- I can darken it.
- I can plot its GPS coordinates
- I could take a picture of it.
Point 3. My fingernail (left thumb)
- At the moment it is painted sea foam green. The paint is chipping.
- I have almost complete control of how I want them to look.
- It grows, and I must cut it.
- It cannot feel pain.
- It can inflict pain.
- It, without paint, mimmicks the color of my skin.
- It is held in place by skin.
- It looks similar to my other nails, but only on my left hand.
- It can get dirty.
- It is unique, yet universal
To Display:
- I can paint it a different color than the others
- I can leave it unpainted and the others painted (vice versa)
- I can draw a map of wherever it goes.
- I can graph its growth
- I can grow only it out super long.
- I can write song about it.
- I could follow it around for a day with a movie camera.
- I could draw it.
- I can wear a glove with a whole in it showing only that nail.
- I can trace it.
Saguaro - Point Project
Saguaros in Saguaro National Park - Arizona
Description:
Green plant, doesn't move in the wind, covered in thousands of thorns, can have multiple arms but always has only one base, can get up to 50 ft tall, grow very slowly; takes 75 years to grow one arm
Ways to give it attention:
- Draw a picture of it
- Identify the park on a map
- Take macro photos of it, and display them
- Drawings or Images of just the spines on the cactus
- Build a miniature model of the park
- Cut all the Saguaro's down except one
- Color all the spines red
- Reverse everything and make it into a large spine with Saguaro's growing out of it
- Place one in the middle of Alaska or a really snowy place
- Make the spines massive in a painting
SUPER Sunglasses
Description:
Black face, two horizontal lines in the middle of the lenses, top line blue and bottom line red, from an angle you can see the layers that make up the glasses, each layer is a separate color, no label on the outside, only inside, glossy finish, black lenses, can't see the eyes of the person who is wearing them, slightly oversized, Flat across the top, round on the bottom.
Ways to bring attention:
- Drawings/Paintings of the sunglasses on a bright colored background
- Photo shoot the sunglasses alone with a white background
- Spot light on the sunglasses in a glass case, displayed like a gem at a museum
- Put them on a pedestal and put large arrows pointing at the sunglasses
- Painting as if you are looking through the lenses
- Make a 20ft painting of it
- Paint a mural on the side of a building of them
- Wear all white and put on the black sunglasses
- Wear them on the center of your shirt
- Wear them at night
Gold 'M' Necklace
Description:
The size of my thumb fingernail, shiny, gold, hangs about a fists width down from my neck, doesn't come off unless I take it off, hangs on a thin gold chain, very rectangular font, you may not notice it when first looking at me.
Ways to bring attention to it:
- Wear all black and let it hang
- Change the color to a bright red
- Make the 'M' upside-down
- Put it on my forehead instead of my neck
- Make the 'M' 10x the size
- Make it glow in the dark
- Make it hang very low, close to my belly button
- Make the chain thicker
- Draw a circle around where it hangs on my chest
- Paint a picture of a neck with only the necklace on it and nothing else; no clothing
Monica Ahanonu
Point Project
1. Fire Alarm
Description: red, metal, hanging on wall, round, loud, smooth, older, feeling of urgency, contrasted to background, and dull
Emphasis:
1. brighten the color
2. create shin
3. smooth out texture on wall behind it
4. put on rectangle background
5. draw sound waves
6. enlarge it
7. map it out
8. contrast red with green background
9. create photo with fire in the background
10. keep image simple and focus on loud noise playing behind it (used)
2. Laptop
Description: white, smooth, high-tech, heavy, plays music, clear screen, many keys, stores photos, connection to world, and expedient
Emphasis:
1. put on black surroundings
2. blast music from it
3. put on top a pile of books
4. fill screen with pictures
5. project internet browser in white room with lap top in the middle
6. put on scale to show weight
7. enlarge
8. show map of where it is on screen
9. put wheels and racing stripes on it
10. take a part to show all pieces
3. Love
Description: powerful, impalpable, invisible, sweet, generous, emotional, can be found anywhere, personal attachment, virtue, and affectionate
Emphasis:
1. write a story about it
2. act it out
3. sing a song about it
4. write the word in pink/red
5. say “I love you”
6. fill a room with candles
7. send letter/text/email
8. write a poem
9. make room warm and hazy
20. spell it out in stars
Point Project: Steps
The steps outside the art room at Green Hills Academy in Kigali, Rwanda:
-You can hear them whenever they are in use, the creaking of the hinges, the bending of the metal
- The puddle of water surrounding the last step after it rains
-The group of students constantly surrounding the banister, gossiping, sharing notes
-The scraping of the shoes on the concrete block below it
-The wind pushing the cover of the stairs back and forth
-The mixture of grass and cigarette smoke creating a wall of air just past the steps
-The back exit, closest to the dining room, visible to the headmaster and blocking the view of the art room.
-They overlook the thousand hills of Kigali
-They are part of the new extension to the school
- A deep forest green to match the uniforms of the students
Display Methods
-To change the direction, to throw off the natural movement of the student body
-Disrupting the constant flow, blocking the waves of green uniforms.
-To change the weather, to make it snow, blanketing each step with a layer of white, the cold air biting at the red cheeks of the kids.
-Adding music to each step, bringing to life the ntore dancing and enriching the natural rhythm of the students
-Removing the light and forcing chaos. Students falling, tripping up and down each step, the usual banging exaggerated to an extreme.
-Disrupt the uniform structure and colour of the stairs. Painting them a fluorescent colour, contrasting from the green and cream of every other aspect of the school
-Slanting each step and creating a slide, the screaming of the girls scared to go down ad the pushing and shoving of the boys trying to prove their masculinity.
Point 2 My black notebook, sitting on the floor of my room:
-On top of the grey manufactured carpet
-Below the dark mahogany desk
-covered by last semesters books, old sheets of paper, discarded clothing
- Inside my apartment, through the kitchen and dining room, past the bathroom, to the right of my roommates bed
-Leather bound and falling apart. Marked, stuffed, scratched, worn, beaten.
-Stuffed with images, drawings, cutouts, words, illegible musings, boredom
-A story teller of the past few months of my life. Each experience, every idea, inspiration, thrown inside.
-The pages weathered from spilled coffee. Originally a crisp white colour, the pages have dirtied, having an older creamier look
Display
- Changing the scale, enlarging the entire notebook.
-Taking some of the images of the notebook, focusing just on those images.
- Taking the story line from each page and recreating it.
-Shredding each page, showing the instability, the impermanence and the passing of each moment. Constant change, nothing stays the same.
-Photograph each page and display them side by side
-Completely deconstruct the book and display
- Open the book and display it in a clear, sealed box.
-Paint over each page in black, covering everything on it.
- Glue the book closed.
- Hang the book from the ceiling
Point 3 A cut line in the table:
- A line deeper than any other cut into the table
-sharp, you can feel the knife going through the plastic
-it is the darkest of all the indentations in this table
-about a foot in length, slightly curving from midway down the table to 3/4 of the way down.
-the edges of the slash pealing back against the rest of the surface.
-Paint seeping down the slit
-The lasting impression of the work of an artist.
Display
-Fill in the rest of the surface of the table, making just the one line visible.
- Make the line deeper, darker, more obvious
-Make the colour of the line more vibrant
- Make a sculpture of the table/ slash. 3D
-Deepen the line, forcing it all the way through the table, shining light through the line.
- Make thousands of deep lines in the table.
-Make the lines white on a black table, black on a white table
-make the line wider, as well as longer.
-have knives sticking out of the table.
-have performance art and have the artist actually cutting into the table
Pistachios
- Some pistachios had a shell, some didn't.
- Striations in shell differed.
- Variation in streak/color of shells.
- Some pistachios were split in half.
- Some had the thin layer of skin veiled around the nut, others did not.
- Some pistachios were completely green.
- Other pistachios had some brown streaks and brown spots.
- Some pistachios had a green to yellow ombre effect.
- Some pistachios were cracked.
- Some pistachios look shriveled.
- Some pistachios look smooth.
- Shells varied in opening size.
- One shell completely sealed.
- All different sizes.
- One pistachio is shaped like a bean.
- Other pistachios shaped oblong/oval.
- Some shells have a small circle at the bottom, others are less prominent.
- Some nuts appear to be peeling.
- Some pistachios look wrinkled and dry.
- All shells have different textures.
- Some nuts are flatter, while others are more rounded.
- Some nuts have jagged edges.
- Some nuts have smoother ridges.
- Inside of split pistachio yellow
- Lying in different positions (some on side, some on back, etc.).
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