Carried Away:
to obsess over a mass amount of artistic mediums to find and discover why luggages carry different meanings, such as emotional baggage, path to self-discovery, and the need to travel the world
I wanted to create an installation solely focused on different meanings of luggages. With the help of some fellow classmates, I have been influenced greatly by some of their ideas. One being that each luggage seemed to have a different personality and they are each unique. I cannot help but to think that each luggage represents different parts of me, whether it is apparent or hidden away in the depths of my mind. I want to interplay different mediums because I think since each luggage is different, different mediums is a great way to focus different attentions to different ideas in my head. (Sorry if that was a bit confusing) Not to mention, the title of my collection is being Carried Away.
Here are a few ideas on what I will be attempting at:
- video installation: passing a single suitcase to different people; installed inside a suitcase; connecting each person; narrative of first person putting something inside a suitcase then passing it on to different people then the last person opening up luggage & finding something
- photography: photograph 2-3 luggages within luggages & paint over with pattern
- drawing: rough sketch on paper
- collage: numerous photoshopped photos of me in different locations with different luggages
- mixed media painting: acrylic on canvas with thread woven as text over canvas
- sculpture: explosives in a luggage
- performance: 2D drawing of a hand holding a luggage where people can interact & pose with cutout
- sculpture: stack luggages within luggages
- excess baggage: emotional baggage
add:
- tags: attach onto each luggage explaining each uniqueness
- clothes
- things you wouldn’t expect
brought to class:
- mustard suitcase
- burgundy suitcase
- pink cosmetic case
- black/brown luggage
- blue carry-on
- wooden turtle case
- 70’s floral briefcase
- tapestry bag
materials:
- video camera
- laptop
- photoshop
- camera
- acrylic paint
- paintbrushes
- paper
- pen & ink or charcoal
- black construction paper
- a scissor
- colored thread
- needle
- toilet paper rolls
- glue
- red paper
- matches
- extra clothes
- items from my past
I love the idea of "emotional baggage" how is it you were going to represent this in your collection? Words inside the luggage...photos that contain emotion...personal photos? Or some sort of performance where you have audio or video in each luggage so when it is opened you hear the sounds of laughter or sobbing or a scream! I cant wait to see what you come up with...
ReplyDeleteCharlene: This is going to be very good. I'm glad we got a chance to talk about it in our meeting. Let me know if you have any more questions.
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Marcus