Keeping in mind the spirit of spacial and temporal demonstrations learned through class, my intent was to create a body of work that best reflects these points in a methodically yet satirical way. My project (entitled "The Struggling Artist") was really a gathering of experiences over the years I have had as an student, artist, and observer of all things pertaining to "art". With the drawing board, I was able to use most of the frame space, creating a more logical atmosphere tapping into the minds of both the student and teacher.
The student (or robot) was symbolic of struggling artists hoping to achieve notoriety and success, yet failing to understand the "big picture" and little details that are necessary to succeed. The teacher was more of a "stumbling block" of sorts guiding him (the student) and confusing him all at the same time. The unique display of hand motions and vocal tones were meant as illustrations and installations in themselves, much like the puppet show within Alex Bag's "untitled fall '95" piece. The moods and attitudes become clearer as the two characters interact and collide...uniquely portraying "artistic differences" within the constraints of space and time.
I think overall, my project was a success and conveyed enough emotion to pull the viewers in, while allowing them to examine the proper logic and tone of the performance. The lack of music I think also added to that tone, presenting an akward and sticky situation that strictly relies on action, content, all through the eye of a sketchpad. If there was anything I could improve on, it would probably be robots evolution of anger. The script was fine, but maybe could have benefited more from some loftier language...but then again he ">>//iS A rO-BoT//<<", right? (that's robot language...I guess).
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