ARCHIVE PROJECT 2 - Thursday

Spent much of yesterday working at home, though I did go briefly into college to do my new job as shelver in the library.

I got a few more items from the attic including the box I mad back in about 1967 or so to hold my makeup. I cleaned this box out and packed the items into plastic containers. If I had thought of it, this process would have been worth videoing, but I didn't think of it.

In the evening, I began to plan a possible SET for the video, and found just j#how short we are of wall-space in my home. Virtually every wall has either a radiator, a window, or build-in furniture.

I settled for using the paneling in the front room. It wasn't fully satisfactory as there are knobs on it to open the concealed storage. I might be able to unscrew them temporarily.

Arranging the furniture wasn't simple, and I am not totally satisfied with the result - a chair, and two glass tables.

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This morning I looked up Patricia Esquivias, born Caracas Venezuela, whose work I saw in Berlin.

When awarded a Simpson Award 2006, she describes her work as

Esquivias is a film and video major and when asked about her work replied, "My work has developed around creating economical narratives, first in the form of short sentences placed within the public space and most recently on video. I narrate situations based on a stretchable reality that places concrete issues under doubt."

There is a video of part of the piece, Folklore No1. 2006, that she had in Berlin Biennale 2008 on YouTube

What I like about this piece is that it looks amateur,especially the hand held camera.
At first I was thinking that she could have done it alone, but looking at it again I see that both of her hands are visible, so there must be someone else holding the camera. Maybe I should think of a conversation with a camera person - perhaps David would be willing to do it with me.

I think her piece would be too long for me - there is ten minutes on the You-Tube video, and references are made to fifteen minutes on other websites.

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Time to go to college. Hope to tackle Flash with Mark in order to make the GG Appropriation interactive.