WTF is Conceptual Art Anyway?
Step One:
Figure out what Conceptual Art is.
Step Two:
Think of ideas
Step Three:
Talk with people about ideas
Step Four
Realize Ideas are stupid and discard
Step Five:
Feel hopeless.
Step Six
Grind teeth, chip filling. Feel Worse.
Step Seven:
Talk to Buck, get new direction
Step Six:
refine idea
Step 7:
get moving, post call on neighborhood list serve and start collecting.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Origin
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
The Origin of the Idea
The origin of this idea sprang from the proposal I made months and months ago for the District of Columbia Arts Decathlon. My proposal was called Thread of Life and based on the story of The Three Fates of Greek Mythology.
As this project has evolved my direction has veered into memory, how we remember, and how we sometimes forget or abandon our memories. This led to the yarn collecting project.
In essence I am collecting ideas that were once new and have been abandoned.
As a result of my call for unfinished projects I have been given projects that have been held onto for up to 50 years.
In some cases the ideas may have died but the memory remained, there was a holding on, a hesitation to let go, to metaphorically cut the thread. In a few rare cases people were relieved to have these projects gone.
The Origin of the Idea
The origin of this idea sprang from the proposal I made months and months ago for the District of Columbia Arts Decathlon. My proposal was called Thread of Life and based on the story of The Three Fates of Greek Mythology.
As this project has evolved my direction has veered into memory, how we remember, and how we sometimes forget or abandon our memories. This led to the yarn collecting project.
In essence I am collecting ideas that were once new and have been abandoned.
As a result of my call for unfinished projects I have been given projects that have been held onto for up to 50 years.
In some cases the ideas may have died but the memory remained, there was a holding on, a hesitation to let go, to metaphorically cut the thread. In a few rare cases people were relieved to have these projects gone.
The Collection of Abandoned Work
The history of these artifacts and the email exchanges involved can be seen below.
Monday, December 12, 2011
The Twelfth
Four Years Old (or so)
Hi Lisa - your name was forwarded to me from **** at the knitting group at Tenley Library. My daughter and I both have partly-done knitting projects (a sweater and a teddy bear) that we would love to get rid of - er, donate - to your project. How do we get them to you? And where will your finished project be eventually displayed - we'd love to see it. You can email me back or call me at . Best, L**
Hi L**,
Thanks! How old are the projects/when did you start them?
I live at, so if you are in the neighborhood you can drop them on my porch.
If you'd like I can also come to you.
The project is part of a larger body of work with the theme "Thread of Life"
The show is in January at the District of Columbia Art Center. If you're interested you can read about it
here: http://dcacdecathlon.wordpress.com/
Age of the projects? Not sure - my un-finished sweater has been kicking around for a while now. I know the stuffed animal can't be more than four years old because that's how long my daughter has been knitting. If the dates are important I can try to get more specific than that. I live at 46th and Fessenden so not far from you - some day soon I'll just drop them off. One caveat - these are "non-refundable" - if you can't use them, just toss them - no way we want them back!
The Eleventh
One Year Old
I have a toddler sized sweater that is almost complete but had to be abandoned at the stitching together phase due to my lack of knitting skill. It is dark blue with a pale blue stripe. You are welcome to it. I am in CC MD (westbrook hood)
The Tenth
21 years old
These pieces were also given to me by the giver of the fifty year old socks. She runs a knitting group that meets at the local library and had collected these herself.
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