Artist of Interest

Tim Hawkinson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D5aOUJ0QXM

fascinating installation with sound that is made according to the barcode.

interesting to see how the sheets of barcode move up and down.

Research'11

maquette scale to 1:1.618

maquette in place

close up view & working process on Rhinoceros

I will carry on working this way to actually see how my sculpture will look in space and size

before beginning to install my work in actual space.

I want enough space around my work without having two walls avoiding the view as it shows in the photographs. Need to really occupy the space!

My thoughts

Things to consider:

use of line

should I keep the two strings? or just limit to one(wire) to suspend the structure.

is the structure/form necessary?

why steel and string? 

what are the things that I want to carry on having in the work?

and what are the things that need to be eliminated?

use bigger space, not just limiting to two walls for suspension

develop the structure

suggestions:

make cubes so that I can work with maquettes with walls around the form

work on sketch up or any other programs to actually plan out the whole space

- saves time

- I can get a clearer sense of the space with the work in it than working in actual scale every time

- less constraints

Sculpture'11

Sculpture 2

using the golden mean, 

this sculpture is made to the ratio of 1.1.618

only using two different types of strings.

The grey one(wire) is only lifting the gravity of the sculpture

and the yellow one is mimicking the shape of the structure.

should I get rid of the yellow one as well, just leaving the one that is holding the steel up in space?

do I need a form? could they not be just lines?

approx. scale

Artist of Interest

Frank Havermans, "Frank Havermans: Architectural Constructions", Linda Vlassenrood, Rotterdam, 2010. 759 H38

 his technique to attach wire on the wall

his use of space (his structures according to the space structures)

Sculpture'11

sculpture 2

do I need all those strings? are they necessary?

should I eliminate the strings to minimum?

make a decision between complicated and simple

what am I trying to accomplish with the lines?

Links

Golden Mean and how it works
  http://www.youtube.com/watchv=JZvGbjeUymo&playnext=1&list=PL04CF0165
  CCA0C528 

Golden Mean in relation to human body
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=085KSyQVb-U&feature=related

Divine Proportion
  http://www.summum.us/philosophy/phi.shtml

Other information looked at when researching for measurements according to cosmos/nature

Sacred Circle Cosmos in relation to human body and Ratio
   http://sacredcirclecosmos.com/Sacred%20Geometry/circle&pentagon2.html 

Numbers and the Cosmos
  http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/greece/pythagoras/ideas.htm 

Philosophy of Pythagoras
  http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/pythagoras.html

Research'11

maquettes

Readings

Hans-Ulrich Obrist, "Formulas for Now", Thames&Hundson, London, 2008. 709.05 D13

Morstein Petra, Eternal Return and "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", Contemporary Fiction.

Fred Sandback, "Fred Sandback: Drawings 1968-2000", Dusseldorf Germany; Richter Verlag, 2005. 

759 S2136

Lynne Cook, "Robert Lehman Lectures on Contemporary Art Vol.2", New York; Dia Art Foundation, 2004. 709.04 R539 2

Michael Harvey, "Notes on the Wall Drawings of Sol Lewitt", Geneve: Editions Centre d'art contemporain, 1977. 759 L677h

Museum of Modern Art, "Sol Lewitt - Structrues 1962-1993", Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, 1993.

759L 677m

Research'11

 trying to occupy the space

"line as discovery"

discovering shapes/volume as I drew lines in space.

Readings

Charles Esche, "Once is Nothing: Individual Systems", Utrecht, Eindhoven: Van Abeemuseum, 2008

Carsten Nicolai, "Carsten Nicolai: Anti Reflex", Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Koln; Walther Konig, 2005.

- interesting forms created by lines

- constellation

- perhaps representing the web of components in the world