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== Project Development / at | == Project Development / at Marienstraße 2 | 21.11 - 04.12.2012 == | ||
I have the opportunity to work in an abandoned apartment complex located on | I have the opportunity to work in an abandoned apartment complex located on Marienstraße 2. After viewing this space I decided it was the perfect space to experiment on a larger scale incorporating the theme of Lustmord and the life of George Grosz in the 1920's. I photographed the room and started to paint it black. | ||
The PDF below features a few images of the room and a couple of quotes from George Grosz talking about his studio and working practice. Grosz sees the studio as a sort of magical environment where the normal influence of the world is cut off and his imagination is free to explore ideas. I'm using this as a jumping off point to begin my own exploration into a fusion of a fictional space that incorporates aspects of George Grosz studio with a Lustmord scene. | The PDF below features a few images of the room and a couple of quotes from George Grosz talking about his studio and working practice. Grosz sees the studio as a sort of magical environment where the normal influence of the world is cut off and his imagination is free to explore ideas. I'm using this as a jumping off point to begin my own exploration into a fusion of a fictional space that incorporates aspects of George Grosz studio with a Lustmord scene. | ||
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|Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at | |Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at Marienstraße 2, 2012. | ||
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|Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at | |Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at Marienstraße 2, 2012. | ||
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==Project Development / at | ==Project Development / at Marienstraße 2 | 05 - 11.12.2012 == | ||
I spent the last week at | I spent the last week at Marienstraße 2 painting the room black and preparing the room for the installation. The room is not heated and it is freezing cold at night. I am working alone for hours at a time and I'm able to spend a lot of time thinking about the direction of this piece. The room and entire floor of this building is dark and a bit creepy - as I paint over the various layers of paint and sweep out the dirt and trash I get a sense of the past lives and activities that must have taken place here. My overall idea has changed several times and I've started to focus on particular subtle changes I would like to make to the room aside from turning it all black. | ||
The room will be closed off to the public and only viewable thru a broken window in the doorway. Inside is a 3D scene which is obviously aestheticized but also referencing several aspects from my research and mashing them into each other - pieces of George Grosz studio are mixing into my own Lustmord "painting" which I am bringing to life in the form of a still life. Furthermore I am adding elements of light and electricity referencing futurism and science fiction as predicted in films such as Metropolis. | The room will be closed off to the public and only viewable thru a broken window in the doorway. Inside is a 3D scene which is obviously aestheticized but also referencing several aspects from my research and mashing them into each other - pieces of George Grosz studio are mixing into my own Lustmord "painting" which I am bringing to life in the form of a still life. Furthermore I am adding elements of light and electricity referencing futurism and science fiction as predicted in films such as Metropolis. | ||
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|Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at | |Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at Marienstraße 2, 2012. | ||
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|Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at | |Brian Bixby, ''Archeology, Excavation, and What Remains'', installation in-progress at Marienstraße 2, 2012. | ||
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== Project Development / at | == Project Development / at Marienstraße 2 | 12 - 17.12.2012 == | ||
As you can see from my notes one week ago my project continues to evolve and change. It's been a very inspired, synchronicity filled week for me which included several insightful conversations with my classmates (Amel, Eleana and Kata) as well as some of the other artists in the exhibition at | As you can see from my notes one week ago my project continues to evolve and change. It's been a very inspired, synchronicity filled week for me which included several insightful conversations with my classmates (Amel, Eleana and Kata) as well as some of the other artists in the exhibition at Marienstraße 2. | ||
One of my biggest break through moments was when I decided to use a peep-hole after a conversation with Eleana in her studio - and later that same evening I was reading from George Grosz's autobiography and he wrote about looking thru peep-holes at carnivals as a child and writes that perhaps this inspired him to become an artist. Here was a clear example of synchronicity, and I had the feeling that I had discovered something important! There are more steps and coincidences involved in this particular discovery - but to keep it short; In the process or pursuing discussions and continuing to read each evening I had pieced together an interesting connection between my research subject, George Grosz, the theme of Lustmord and the medium of the peep-hole as a way to explore these themes in an architectural 3D format. | One of my biggest break through moments was when I decided to use a peep-hole after a conversation with Eleana in her studio - and later that same evening I was reading from George Grosz's autobiography and he wrote about looking thru peep-holes at carnivals as a child and writes that perhaps this inspired him to become an artist. Here was a clear example of synchronicity, and I had the feeling that I had discovered something important! There are more steps and coincidences involved in this particular discovery - but to keep it short; In the process or pursuing discussions and continuing to read each evening I had pieced together an interesting connection between my research subject, George Grosz, the theme of Lustmord and the medium of the peep-hole as a way to explore these themes in an architectural 3D format. | ||
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