I have arrived in Regina for a 2 week residency. I will be spending some time making a series of new drawings while I am here. I walked around the city today. It was empty of pedestrians and everything was closed with the holiday thing going on. I was fascinated by the square and rectangular shape of nearly all the buildings. I guess this isn't so unusual, but the way the stack into each other creates some interesting shapes and grids. I started working on a geometrical drawing based on my little excursion today.
I have finished the first edit of my video, Sala. I am still working on the artist statement for it and will continue editing and refining the piece. I felt like I should change the name of the piece to exhaustion or stamina. Taking photos in photo-montage style with no remote while trying to record a live-painting isn't the easiest thing. My neck and back are still pretty sore from painting on the floor in awkward positions. I partly did this on purpose and was actually inspired by an interview I listened to w Jack White a musician with the White Stripes and Dead Weather. He was talking about how he makes himself purposely uncomfortable on stage with how he sets himself up when he is drumming with the Dead Weather. He said he wanted to create these uncomfortable scenarios so he felt sharper and was challenging himself as an artist to not get too complacent.
I will post some stills tomorrow...internet here at the hotel won't let me
More to come....
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