Artists Statement

Found a good article at the Molly Gorden website. Don't know who she is, but what she says seems to make a lot of sense.

At the moment I'm feeling bogged down.
Too many lectures
Too many workshops
Not enough time to process any of what I heard
Not enough time to take photos
Not enough time to make work

Dreading being up in a heap for the presentations yet again

ANIMATING THE URBAN SPACE

A week has now passed since we got the brief for the project and while I have been thinking a lot about it, and even getting ideas and writing some of them down in my ideas book, I don't feel I have my teeth into it yet.

In fact, my head still feels addled like it did last week, only then there was a good reason in that I overloaded myself with fifteen inputs in three days, this week, it more like a few small lonely ideas are rattling around in an empty space, not looking like much, and unsure what place if any they will have in the forthcoming project.

Think I will review some of the OPTIONS open to me - and at this stage, all options are open, since I haven't yet agreed to do anything with anyone yet.

DECISION ONE
Do I do this project

On my own
With other (s) students
With people in the community

DECISION TWO
Which medium will I use?

Video
Photos
Animation/stop motion or Flash
Performance with video

DECISION THREE
Which BRIEF will I follow

Working with the SCULPTURE DEPT brief which includes making a proposal to Dublin City council?
Working with the MEDIA department brief?
Do a combination of both briefs?
Write an original brief for myself?

THEMES considered so far

Re-creating PHOTOS (possibly an appropriation of work of Alexander Honory, Cologne)
Talking to local people and creating photos from their verbal memories.

Silhouettes of favourite buildings of people in the area
Unknown theme that might emerge from listening to people around the place.

CATCH-UP

Nearly a month since my last entry - what in the world have I been doing?
Have written my two essays, one on Performance Art and the other on CSI the look.
Finished (somewhat finished) Module One Interrupting the Screen
Began thinking about Module Two (Animating Urban Space)
Did Flash workshop
Looked at some zany Flash videos here and here:

Looked at Christian Boltanski video
Went to IMMA eshibition In Praise of Shjadows which I loved, and have now finished reading the catalogue In Praise of Shadows which librarian Eddie let me boorrow as soon as it came in.

still not confident about my ideas for the Urban Space