New Media Scotland

I talked to Professor John Marshall yesterday about incorporating an internet element into my IP. One of the resources John suggested was New Media Scotland. They have interesting works, and I hope to learn more about internet art soon.

Pat Blog

Hi all,

If you're interested in finding out more about my IP, or want to check out some websites that I find inspiring, drop by my blog! http://jpatconnor.blogspot.com/

1st locket

The D

I just wanted to quickly post in regards to our Detroit adventure. In speaking with students from other IP sections, there seems to be a universal message of admiration for the degree to which our section is functioning as a group--I think this point is worth elaborating on. Even though we may already know each other from years past, I believe that events like the trip to Detroit help establish a common bond in the environment of IP that will be highly beneficial as we rely on group feedback for our projects moving forward.

On a personal level, I really enjoyed both Michael's show, and the soup kitchen/Earth Works experience. One notable point for me was the emotional transition that took place when we switched from gallery space to soup kitchen. For me this meant moving from a comfortable setting to an unfamiliar one. I was pleasantly suprised how comfortable the soup kitchen became however, once we moved in and started communicating/sharing the space.

Evan M.

Miniatur Wonderland!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_oDdGmKyA

A talk on your prof's performance

Hi All,

Just wanted to let you know that I will be giving a talk tomorrow on my performance about Jewish blackface minstrelsy in the US and the Catskills Mountains Resorts in NY (aka the "Borscht Belt").

Here's the deets

"Routine: The Blackface of the Borscht Belt"
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
12 noon
4701 Haven Hall, CAAS Conference Room

If you're free, I'd love to have you there!

drawing lace ...strange practice in principal and action...tangent from collograph prints of embroidery...interested in exploring 're-creating' pattern through drawing and printmaking...cultivate a sense of volume, warp and structure...
referring to D'Arcy Thompson and Phillip Ball for inspiration and information on implicit pattern, natural formation, etc. ...think there is an important reflexiveness between natural and cultivated patterns...perhaps this relates back to the Wunderkammer themes that seemed to have infiltrated my consciousness
weaving this afternoon...working on a felted Shibori piece.

D'Arcy Thompson
http://www.archive.org/details/ongrowthform00thom

Wunderkammer
http://www.a-website.org/mnemosyne/arrange/pages/6wunder.html

Shibori


shibori piece by Constance Rose (right)
http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/constance-rose-textile-design/83fc034e5b34342b009dbfdb4081d08b

tissue sample (left)
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep00/hucell1.html













crocheted lace bacterial growth

One man's junk is another man's treasure

I bought a goblet, a fog machine, and a giant bag of toys/figurines. I had no idea who I was until I thought back to a friend's mother. She was an avid "collector" of dolls who had turned her hobby into a hoarding addiction. Along with her dolls she also holds onto random things she thinks she will need later and small treasures, each holding a certain memory.

I thought to myself, my person is a obsessive compulsive hoarder and each of my toys has a specific part of me in it. I can't let go of these toys for this reason. If I did, I would be throwing away a piece of myself.

I am caught in a cycle of disgust for the clutter in my home, having the inability to part with pieces that I believe to have relationships with, and purchasing more things that I find connections with.

Maybe, I have poor relationships with people and am extremely introverted. My closest relationship is with my things. I am taking the easy way out, avoiding rejection by forming bonds with objects that can never reject me.

I am middle aged. I have the potential and ability to save myself from this harmful cycle, but who knows if I can overcome my addiction, my crutch.

I know that many hoarders believe that hoarding is much more than collecting useless junk. Many live by the saying, "One man's junk is another man's treasure."

To make this into more of a project and to complex my person, I decided to take inventory of my toys (because my obsessive compulsive hoarder must know always how much and how many memories she has):

1 Green Disney game character with stretchy mouth
1 Hog/Bat in trenchcoat with light up birdhouse
4 Dinosaur figurines
1 Plastic skeleton
2 Horses (1 with starry butt, 1 golden sandie)
3 Frogs (1 that squeeks)
1 Anteater
1 Tiny gray monkey
1 Tiny lion
1 Toddler turtle
1 Glow in the dark centipede
1 Fish clip
4 Lizards
1 Shrek baby
1 Shaman figurine
1 Rhinoceros beetle
1 Green M&M figurine
1 Buzzing fly
3 Scorpions
1 Measuring tape dog
1 Disney Princess Snow White
1 Barbie figurine
2 Miscellaneous bug clips
1 Rubber bat
1 Praying mantas
3 Black rats
2 Moose
1 Giant ant
1 Scared pirate
1 Rubber ducky
7 Arachnids
13 Snakes


Snakes 13 and counting.

Everyday, twice a day my character takes inventory of her "collection." As she collects more she adds to her list, causing this task to take up more time in her day and slowly she loses her connection to a world outside of her "things."

So... My persona - An optimistic Beanie Baby collector. 

I'm sure we have all bought a few beanie babies in our day. Maybe even bought some tag protectors for the ones we really liked! But me.... I'm going to make a fortune of these little stuffed bags of joy some day... All my BB's are in mint condition kept in an air tight official 'ty' protective case along with official 'ty' tag guards. I have every bear that has ever come out and I am going to continue to collect them until I can cash 'em in and retire. 

I don't even like the little devils.... In fact I'm running out of space to store them all in my basement. But i know it will all pay off someday... and ill be rich! :) 

Right now my primary investment is in Beanie Babies, but i do dabble in Pokemon cards and various types of blades from the Home Shopping Network. If you ever need a hard to get BB you know who to call!! (but its gona cost ya) 

UPDATE!!

I spent some time thinking in the studio about what type of artwork I would like create and all I could think about is how I don't want to save or keep anything... I want to sell it! I came to realize that my possession of these beanie babies is purely for monetary purposes and I have no emotional attachment to them. The only object that I truly love is money!! I will do anything for it! Greed consumes me! ! ! therefore my goal is to use the concept of "Art" to make worthless junk grow exponentially in value over night. I shall collect items tossed aside by those foolish enough not to see the potential in them and turn them into my own money making masterpieces!

Studio? Log? One?

So lets talk about this Value World alter-ego project. To be honest, I was a little put off with the notion of playing the part of someone else in the context of IP work (I might still feel this way). My initial plan was to make my own work and chuck in my Value World Mace just to cover my bases. This all changed when Michael visited me in the studio and wanted to speak with the person who owned the mace. Evan did not truly fit this qualification.

I decided to go find that person. The key was the weapon of course. Who would use an object that appears menacing, but in reality is completely harmless? I decided on a professional wrestler with some Feudalistic flare from the 1980s. In this way Evan's alter ego-> the wrestler Ronald, would have his own alter ego->'Medieval Justice', who would be the person using the mace.

I wrote a short biography as an artist statement and made some work to go along with it.

To be clear...Ronald wont be an impressive artist to you---even though in his universe he is a visionary, and a genius.

Can't wait to share

-Evan M