diary for project

4/2/09
arrived extra early with ideas for hanging dust. did it. tidied desk sorted out sketchbook a bit. attended lecture. back 2 studio, more tidy up. blogging at home. crit 2moro 11.40am.

3/2/09
Did drawings, rubbed out and collected dust in bags, inspired by Tom Phillips video. Tried making dust fly off duster - worked a bit. Made dust catchers for this process from stuff I moulded earlier in project. Asked painters if I could place dust catchers below paintings - will collect tomorrow. Spoke to Paul, now im thinking how to take this dust to another dimension. Lifted dust from various things in studio ie. door, bin, wall etc..using a small sketchbook. This made a variety of different marks with varying tones of grey. Some colour came off some items. Stuck masking tape diagonally across the space between the 2 walls at a corner. This created angled shadows almost like a pyramid. Added poofs of dust to some of the tape and a napkin I used to clean dust off chair. Sketching at home - ideas for installing dust. Blogging.

2/2/09
Spoke to tutor about research, got a video. Spoke to jake bout fotography student whose degree was foto of some piles of dust. Tidied work space. Re-arranged wall. Tried out blowing dust at a lamp, never worked. Need a different type of lamp. dust Tried bangning wall to see what dust I could create - not very much. Collected my dust catchers from around basement - result 2 had dust in them. Made duster make a mark in sketchbook - I autographed it on its behalf. Got a few others to make their mark. Blogging at home and watched video.

1/2/09
blogging at home, Thinking about wether or not my dust is art?




29/01/09 - Studio Talked with tutor. I told him everything I didn't want to do then realised that was exactly what I was going to do. Went about skool asking people to make a dust mark in my sketchbook and autograph it. nipped into archives to ask about info on past students etc... Library for a wee bit of research. Collected more dust took fotos. Back to studio to put dust in bags. Stuck some "dust catchers" at strategic places around skool. Will leave them for a couple of days and see what happens. Blogging at home.

28/01/09 - H&C lecture avante garde, made me think about about conveying a message in work.
Studio, mostly chatting bout work and getting involved with others. Made some wet paper moulds and re-arranged research on wall. Did the BBC interview upstairs.
Blogging at home.

27/01/09 - Studio & library. Nipped into CCA to see project 2891 had a chat with artist and his wee baby. e-mailed Peter from Archives re: access to really old dust.
Blogging at home.

26/01/09 - dust collecting and referencing it. Blogging at home.

24/01/09 - Attended Hapless, helpless, hopeless - its about visual language and confusion.
Blogging at home.

Thot for this week - dont poo poo ideas!