there was a point this year in elements where i realized that i needed to stop beating around the bush with my projects and really get to what matters to me. and i started making art about one thing that is always on my mind: baltimore.
this was my project for today. (zoom in for details...) we covered a lot of ground with critiques. the power of words. both on their own and in context. the meaning of yellow (aka optimism) the fleeting role of newspapers. their strange existence between past and future. respect for history. the apathy or action that can come with picking one up to read. the daily intelligence inherent in their structure. the definition of falling apart. progression, abandonment, and ignorance.
and from it came some serious thinking about bringing this concept into the community. if you went to get the newspaper in the morning, and there was a word on the bag, just one word, what is the potential power that one word could have? it reminded me of pepon osorio's work in the community. (which, at first, i was unsure of. just a lesson to never trust art 21. he was much better live and in person when he visited mica a week or so ago.)
and i just found out from a friend today about two very cool things that related: a place called braddock in pennsylvania and a design/planning organization in west baltimore called neighborhood design center. (i can't believe i didn't know about this earlier. i need to work there!)
i'm at a really exciting place with my art. the lines between art and assignment and life are blurred more than ever.
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