Today is the close of my first week back at OCAD for my second semester and already I've seen and learned so much. It's just shy of overwhelming. I was born a student.
I had my two electives today, one being Creative Process which is a drawing studio course that focuses on the research and development of an idea and concept through sketch studies, maquettes, and zines.
The other is Curatorial Practice which just titillated my ever exploring mind. We explored a number of artists all of which work with earth, either as their medium or working with the earth to create forever changing new landscape, Land Art.
De Maria's New York Earth Room is an interior earth sculpture installed in 1977 measuring 250 cubic yards of earth (197 cubic meters) 3,600 square feet of floor space (335 square meters) 22 inch depth of material (56 centimeters) Total weight of sculpture: 280,000lbs. (127,300 kilos).
We were asked in class what kind of effect we expected we might have if we were to see this work in person. I said that I would feel overwhelmed and then sad, almost guilty to be standing outside starring at this earth producing nothing. I grew curious about the majesty of 280, 000lbs. of earth producing nothing. To be clear, this does not mean I reacted negatively in anyway to this art work, quite the opposite actually.
I'll be sure to document how I react when I see it mid February.
Mediated Motion - Earth Floor.
Olafur Eliasson, 2001
Mediated Motion - Pond Room.
Olafur Eliasson, 2001
Mediated Motion - Fog Room.
Olafur Eliasson, 2001
This artist blew me away. There is a surreal quality to bringing the natural land and earth indoors that excites me.
I want to pursue an art administration position within the arts and culture sector and seeing artists like this lay the path work down for me to learn how to create and challenge myself as well as provide a space and a platform for artists.
Week one down.
Come on Monday, show me what 'cha got.
