PROJECT 1 Objects that in different contexts obtain different meaning

My first object is a human body in a sleeping position. I think that if the same position is shown on a different environment, a whole different meaning is implied. In this case I think it gives the sense of a homeless person. If the same position was portrayed on a bedroom, no other context would be found other than a person just taking a nap.

This picture is a thumb tack on a chair. I think the meaning of this picture is very clear. What I like about this picture is that by changing the location of the the actual object (the thumb tack) it acquires a different purpose. Instead of being a office supply object, it becomes a sort of small weapon. The whole picture is that this is probably pulling a prank on someone.

I found this tree near the student apartments of George Mason. I think this is a strange combination of objects I have seen. Shoes and trees. It seems like it could have some profound meaning, but I doubt it, I think that it is just a student trend, instead of throwing the old shoes to the trash, they tie the laces and hope that they stay on the branches of the tree.

These objects are cigarettes and a plastic bottle of Powerade. I'm aiming to achieve a comment on the contradictory behaviors of people who try to have a healthier life but somehow seem to neglect another aspect of their health. Maybe the want to lose weight but drink excessively. Maybe it's people who quit smoking but keep on eating fast food. I know it's impossible to have perfect balance in our lives, but I think it's a cool idea.

The object in this last picture are dead flowers. I was inspired by the 1989 Batman movie when Bruce Wayne goes to the place where is parents were killed and tosses a flower on that spot. Although I had both the red rose and this dead flowers, I decided to go with these, because I think we always put nice flowers to remember those who are gone, but in this case, the older flowers are a comment about how time passes and nothing truly remains, even the things we use to remember will be forgotten at some point.

Hidden Information: The Work of Jim Sanborn - RESPONSE

http://rhizome.org/editorial/2012/jan/26/jim-sanborn/


This article was featured on Rhizome.com and the reason why it caught my eye is because I noticed that the article actually showed the art work, and so far I have mostly seen reviews or interviews with the artist that more often than not avoids showing the piece of work. I guess that as a performing artist, I am comfortable with reviewing any work of art, only AFTER I have experienced the work of art myself. It's hard for me to talk about something when I'm only reading what someone else thinks about it. Does that make sense?

In this case, this article about Jim Sanborn, of which I knew almost nothing except a cameo on Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" did not feature any specific work, but it was more like a compilation/interview of his work. Like I said before, the reason why I decided to read the article in the first place was because I saw some photographs, (the one I'm showing is my favorite of the 9 shown on Rhizome)

After reading about Sanborn's work, I imagine that there is a code or secret meaning in this picture, Yet, I'm satisfied with not knowing exactly what it is that I'm looking at. I think that all the sculptures, pictures and installations that Sanborn makes have an aesthetic value on their own, with the extra spice of the mysterious code behind it. The code in itself is not art, because it's just a series of mathematical combinations, but the sculpture is art on it's own. I don't know how to differentiate "clasical" sculpture from "New Media" sculpture which is my understanding is the focus of this class. Or is it only art that is made trough computers and I lost the focus in this assignment?

perhaps someone could clarify this for me?  What Sanborn's sculptures new art media? The combination of the codes with the sculpture? the period of time in which he is creating them? The focus of the art which looks to engage people all over the world in the activity of cracking a code?

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