sketchbook: precedent study
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In coming up with an idea for a framing device, I looked at some works of Richard Long and photocopied some images that I particularly liked.  The image on the right intrigued me because I initially thought he had designated two lines but the title "A Line in Bolivia" suggested a single line.

So then I realized that he had cleared away the rocks on both sides to produce the singular line.  I found that reversal/inversion fascinating, for I was automatically drawn to the voided, negative space first and it was only when I was provoked by the reading of the title did I questioned what it was that I was seeing. So perhaps I could invoke a questioning of the image that one views through the framing device by introducing  negative spaces in my frame.

reading on how things connect to each other - rhizomatically...

In trying to concretize my concept, I looked to words to give a sudden spurtz of insight.  The thesaurus-another source of inspiration.


 


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