Wrapping it all up!

Friday was spent getting ready for the art show. Helping people mat work, placing and moving pottery and grabbing appetizers from the dining hall. It was an exhausting and busy day. I also explained my art installation to my tennis team...great preparation for my plans this week, telling Daisy what it all means and working on a video with Ethney for my environmental concentration capstone project. This week was, again, very successful. I finished my installation, wrote a detailed installation statement and video taped/edited peoples reactions to my installation into a 10 minute video. I learned how to mat studio art work and helped many people finish off their art for the term. And I did my final round(s) of glazing for my time here a Proctor. There were no breaks this week, even though the vast bulk of my work and hours were already done. There is always more to do, at least when you're Frances O'Gorman. For now here is my own video, for those of you dying to know "what is means" this may help without me personally explaining everything to you.  *May 24, 2015 - 10:30 pm*  What it all means. Deciphering an installation.

Writing. Editing. Glazing.

The day was spent doing the three things listed above. After a beautiful night sleeping at Mud Pond, I hiked down ready to edit some more video footage and continue to write, write, write. I have finished my installation statement which I am very glad to be done with. All the video footage I have right now is put together, but I am hoping to get more in the next few days. This afternoon, I finished up my glazing for the year...unbelievable! Tomorrow I will put together my table at the art show, work on getting more video and my self evaluation. Oh, and of course go to Polar Swim!!

What Does It All Mean?

This is the question of the week. Today I continued to work on my installation write up, which is very difficult because there are so many details to recount. Then I met with Tom Morgan to talk about Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for my literature independent, but most of our time was spent looking at my installation and him trying to figure out what it all means. Luckily I caught this entire reaction on video. After lunch I worked on my portfolio online, adding my photography and then I transferred the video footage to my computer. After watching all the footage, I began to put it together. It is fascinating to connect the reactions together, the video is not done yet, but my goal is be able to show it to people who want to know the meaning. Because when you put everyone's reactions together it is also clear what I see in the installation.  *May 20, 2015 - 6:50pm*

A Rainy Tuesday Morning and A Sunny Tuesday Afternoon

This morning I awoke at Mud Pond to excessive rain (6:09am) and in a sleepy has of annoyance recorded a brief video highlighting my thoughts on the situation (below). After waiting in my tent until 7:45am, the rain finally slowed down enough for me to hike back to campus, with out a rain jacket, relatively dry. My day was spent figuring out what I am going to write for my installation explanation and how I am going to explain my thoughts to the rest of the world...scary! I got off to a good start and also compiled my materials list (which is excessively long). This afternoon, I went to the tech office to borrow a video camera from Jim, so that I can record peoples reaction to my installation - my very favorite part of this entire project! Photos of the installation below!

A Marvelous MONDAY

Wow. Lots of work accomplished today! In fact besides the written component, my installation is complete. Everything came together today and the result is, in my opinion magical. Of course there will probably a few things I will tweak and add throughout the week, but my main goal is to focus on my written statements and notes. This will probably be the most difficult part of the project for me, as the power and presence of the installation cannot really be put into words. Stop by and see it for yourself! Tonight I sleep up at the Mud Pond Shelter...Hooray! *May 18, 2015 - 4:45pm*

Weekly Reflection

My plan and vision for the installation has changed quite a bit this week, but I have been pleasantly surprised with the outcome. Hanging up the fabric for the "sky" was a real turning point, softening and creating a space of my own. The most frustrating part of my week was figuring out where the tiles were going to go and struggling to get them in and out of the wall. Although the result was distinctly different from what I had envisioned, in the end I am much happier with how it looks. Once I had decided to change my plan for the tiles, I then was faced with a new problem: what to do with a large empty wall. My first idea was to hang fabric strips which I made and hung up, but after hanging the ceiling fabric up the space felt so different that I decided to change my plan for that wall completely. Instead I continued my paper theme from the back wall, and continued to collage away. So far the result is lovely, but I am not done yet! On the agenda for this week: finish collage on left wall, finish up gluing toilet (gravity is both natural and frustrating), finish up floor displays, sweep, spot paint floor, arrange sitting area, set up "mailbox", collect notes for "mailbox", come up with a title/put title somewhere, and write up what it is all about! Ahh so close, yet so far away!

A New Sky. Oh Me, Oh My.

This morning I was scheduled to meet with two english teachers (Peter and Tom). Both ditched me, but despite this misfortune I was able to carry on. I used this newly acquired time to tie my fabric strips together and hang them up. At first I really liked this affect, but once I hung up my fabric sky, it just didn't feel right. So I got my sky all situated perfectly, took down the other fabric and began to tear up more paper for my new collage idea. Accordingly, the rest of the day was (mostly) spent tearing up books. This evening, I got down to business and began the glueing process. Boy, I have gone through a lot of glue in the past two weeks. Results are pictured below, for full affect stop by and step into a new world.

*May 15, 2015 - 10:00pm*