My idea was to create something that was eco-friendly. I wanted to create art while at the same time have it be usefull to nature. One of Ana Mendieta's silloute pieces inspired me. Ana Mendieta created a raft or float with a silloute of a woman in flower pedals and pushed it down the river.My piece shown here is a raft built out of logs and willow tree branches. On the raft I painted a bird in peanut butter, covered it with bird seed, and released it into the lake. Birds are such interesting creatures that play many important diverse roles in nature, religion, and culture.
I made two rafts (small and big) Check out the video footage as the smaller raft enters the lake.
With the war still going on, I wanted to create another piece of work to symbolize harmony and unity.
This was made using a variety of rocks.
6 comments:
Nice raft, that pretty good craftsmanship. I like how you were inspired to create this piece. I also enjoyed the video footage. The harmony rocks were fun too, good way to integrate what is happening in the world today.
I really like how the images on the rafts look like the phoenix - do you have any more images of the rafts????
This is really neat!! It looks yummy too.. I wonder how long it took for a creature to stumble upon such a delicious feast. I was going to say the same thing that Brad said.. it does look a bit like the phoenix image. It is kind of a nostalgic piece too...we used to make these kinds of things at school as bird feeders. Inputting nostalgia in Earth Art is an idea I've been playing with through this class.
Very nice piece and photo-documentation. I would like to read more about the project - any connection to the text, more about the image on the raft ... etc ....
Wow...you really went to town on this one! The video is a nice touch too!
I think really cool how you wanted to make something 'useful' for your final project, and I think you accomplished it. The raft is such a cool and unexpected idea, and to make it into something that can feed wildlife is even better!
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