Heavy Platypus

2010-01-19T13:11:00.000-08:00

More images from the 5th day of drawing.

Drawing a Whale from Memory day 3

2010-01-14T10:00:00.000-08:00

The images here are documentation of my current project Drawing a Whale from Memory. This project is conceptually similar to the last Drawing a Whale project although there are some very distinct differences. This project started the day of the opening for the Graduate Student's first year show titled Critical Mass that is annually held at the Trisolini Gallery on the campus of Ohio University. During this performance I will be drawing a Sperm Whale with my mouth everyday for the duration of the show.

Diagrams!!!

2010-01-05T08:37:00.000-08:00

I have been working on a diagram to help me think through my projects on a more conceptual basis and so far it has been moderately successful. The first one needs more wok but I think it may be best for me to start over. This diagram was meant to help me understand what it is that interests me in the Sperm Whale as opposed to other mammals, though after starting the diagram I realized that I may need to start from a different place and come back to that question. In any case I have posted some photos of the fist attempt.

Details of Drawing

2010-01-05T07:52:00.000-08:00

The photos above are details of the final drawing of the whale from the performance, Drawing a Whale. This will be the last post from this particular project for a while as I will be working on similar projects that will help dissect the results of the first project in the body of work I am currently dealing with. I do plan to come back to this project as I am interested in the editing and mediation all of the video footage and documentation from this project.

2009-12-03T12:02:00.000-08:00

This is what the final drawing looks like, I will be taking some detail pictures of it soon.

2009-12-03T11:38:00.000-08:00

Well, I am having some difficulty uploading video to blogger so, I will try again once I figure out how to upload the footage. In the mean time I have some photos from the project.

2009-12-03T08:57:00.000-08:00

So, about three or four weeks ago I spent three hours a day for three days in point shoes, drawing a whale on the ceiling with my head, in a hand made costume and head dress. I used a small spy camera that I attached to the top of the headdress as a way to view my progress with the drawing. I'm finally getting around to updating my blog with some of the raw footage from the project. Let me know what you think.

2009-11-08T19:18:00.000-08:00

Well tomorrow starts the three sets of live performances I will be doing for whale no.1. Hopefully all goes well and the spy camera on the top of the hat works for the next three days.

2009-11-02T13:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some more sketches and images from Whale no. 1, I think these are better views of the costume in its entirety.

2009-11-02T13:34:00.000-08:00

There is also a video that is related to the event and costumes that was taken by Steven Wygmans. I will include that as soon as I can, hopefully in the next few days. This may give you more insight to the event that took place spring 2009.

The purpose of this event was to experiment with costume making and to put on my first production. As many artists can relate, sometimes we come at art making from different perspectives and try stabbing at what it is that we really want to get at with our work. I look at this project as a way for me to find out if fashion design was what I wanted to do or if there was more there to be discovered. It turns out that there is more there for me to discover and my interest in art as performance and costume making runs deeper than just putting on a "fashion show". I am still experimenting with what it is that I am stabbing at and with any luck I will be able to get closer that with every project.

2009-11-02T13:33:00.000-08:00

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2009-11-02T13:08:00.000-08:00

Okay, so here is some old stuff that I never got around to posting, but I believe that the work I am about to include has helped me develop a better body of work and because of that I think that it is work posting. I hope you can see the growth.

2009-11-02T12:32:00.000-08:00

This is another sketch of the performance, this time from the front. As there will be a few different cameras pointed in various directions during the performance to capture different images of the work and the various movement involved.

2009-11-02T12:26:00.000-08:00

This is a video clip is a sketch that I used to view the costume I am wearing and it's movement. This allows me to make corrections and edit the costume and my movement for the final performance.

2009-11-02T12:19:00.000-08:00

The following images are some sketches of a performance that I will be doing next week. The title is Whale no.1 and the costume allows me to draw on the ceiling of the performance space with my head while standing on the tops of my toes.

april 25th wearbles exhibition!

2009-04-12T15:11:00.000-07:00

good afternoon men and woman,

I would like to propose to you this opportunity to attend my thesis show.

LIVE music from Spectral Mornings!

so come out, hang out, hold onto your socks and don't poop your pants

Apil 25th

7:00 - 10:00

wearbles formally showed at 8pm

for directions see the flyer above

Old News

2009-01-26T19:04:00.003-08:00

wearable set 6 of 6

2009-01-26T19:02:00.001-08:00

wearable set 5 of 6

2009-01-26T18:59:00.001-08:00

Wearable set 4 of 6

2009-01-26T18:53:00.000-08:00

Position Pods

2009-01-19T19:27:00.000-08:00

wearable set 3 of 6

2009-01-19T19:22:00.000-08:00

wearable set 2 of 6

2009-01-19T18:48:00.000-08:00

wearable set 1 of 6

2009-01-19T18:16:00.000-08:00