After
an intensive brainstorming session we glanced through contemporary art and
culture to look for examples of works that we would associate with the
artificial and fascinating pun.
Looks,
gestures, poses, bodies, health, disease, letters, movement, dance, acting,
charisma, air, first impression, mood, emotions, light and shadow, perception,
colour, fashion, traditional habit, experiences, scars, ... it was a lot that
came to our minds.
As
an artistic apporach we started with blind drawing because the memory of our
body lingers in our inner vision although we cannot see it. And based on our
own inward physical experience and knowledge we are able to do a drawing that
reflects our outer appearance in an amazing way. So without the correction of
sight we did a artworks and took photos of the results. We want to show here
some examples of Johanna Zorn, Jesse Hable, Younes Laalou and Dorle Schmidt.
Afterwards
we prepared a art work together as a group using our shadows:
One
after the other did a pose before the canvas and somebody drew the silhouette
meanwhile. Thus the process of composition included „correspondance“ and
„corps“ and we are curious how the outlines will be filled during the next
weeks.
Right above you can see Ela Dutta standing in position with Johanna marking the contours.
Having
so much fun posing we decided to do a mime game to investigate the relationship
between words and the body and communication. On our photo you see Alexia
acting as a „revolutionary“.
We
did a whole series of photos of the process but it does not reflect the fun we
had doing it. So in this case there is no correspondance between our feelings
then and the visual testimony afterwards.
Next
time we meet we will work on the silhouette piece and bring along texts,
clothes and photos. Maybe you have some ideas for us, too?
Dorle
Schmidt
