Project
Through working on this project, I had plenty of time to reflect on the process, tradition, and just reasons as to why I am doing this project.
I was generally interested in bonsai, and have always wanted to become of of the bonsai care takers - however, it was something that I always stopped myself from doing because of the time and skills it requires to take care of the art work. The processing of building my particular work was something that required a long period of time. Although at some points, it may have appeared as if I was not actively doing anything or was repeating the same process over and over again ; however, in fact, even those times were times spent thinking and dealing with the rendering, crashing, and redoing of this piece.
As for the audience, I do not expect them to sit and watch the video for 50 minutes straight with full attention. In fact, I expect the audiences to walk away at some point, and maybe never revisit. Some audiences may want to engage with the work for longer, and some may frequently visit for a short period of time. Regardless, this work will continue until there are no more frames to present. I think that it is something that closely resembles nature - you may not notice the change that is happening to the nearby nature unless you take some time away from it.
I had to go through 3 major models, which all went through multiple stages of change and modifications, hours and days of rendering, where each day I spent looking over the work, modifying, and rendering again from the very start.
During the process, I connected this process which was completed as a data on the computer (very tech) to the traditional art of bonsai, which is usually considered something nature (completely on the opposite spectrum of technology and current world.) I noticed the time, skills, aesthetic taste, the trial and error process to be something very close to the traditional bonsai art. These major changes were all accompanied by minor modifications, as well as hundreds of crashes.
This brings me back to the discussion that originated this whole work - technology as an extension of human / technology as nature. We, as a human created technology out of human-made non-naturally occurring materials. However, everything had to come from what was available at the start. If humans touch something does that make it non-natural? At what point does something become natural/un-natural? Similar to how I was essentially able to see the connection in between my work and technology, I believe that boundaries between technology and nature is something that is very subjective and very inconsistent.
I was generally interested in bonsai, and have always wanted to become of of the bonsai care takers - however, it was something that I always stopped myself from doing because of the time and skills it requires to take care of the art work. The processing of building my particular work was something that required a long period of time. Although at some points, it may have appeared as if I was not actively doing anything or was repeating the same process over and over again ; however, in fact, even those times were times spent thinking and dealing with the rendering, crashing, and redoing of this piece.
As for the audience, I do not expect them to sit and watch the video for 50 minutes straight with full attention. In fact, I expect the audiences to walk away at some point, and maybe never revisit. Some audiences may want to engage with the work for longer, and some may frequently visit for a short period of time. Regardless, this work will continue until there are no more frames to present. I think that it is something that closely resembles nature - you may not notice the change that is happening to the nearby nature unless you take some time away from it.
I had to go through 3 major models, which all went through multiple stages of change and modifications, hours and days of rendering, where each day I spent looking over the work, modifying, and rendering again from the very start.
During the process, I connected this process which was completed as a data on the computer (very tech) to the traditional art of bonsai, which is usually considered something nature (completely on the opposite spectrum of technology and current world.) I noticed the time, skills, aesthetic taste, the trial and error process to be something very close to the traditional bonsai art. These major changes were all accompanied by minor modifications, as well as hundreds of crashes.
This brings me back to the discussion that originated this whole work - technology as an extension of human / technology as nature. We, as a human created technology out of human-made non-naturally occurring materials. However, everything had to come from what was available at the start. If humans touch something does that make it non-natural? At what point does something become natural/un-natural? Similar to how I was essentially able to see the connection in between my work and technology, I believe that boundaries between technology and nature is something that is very subjective and very inconsistent.
Frame 0 (beginning)
Frame 3000 (last)
Continuation for next quarter ...
I am hoping to create a couple more of the models and display for the bigger audience outside of this class. People in the class are aware of my project, what I am trying to achieve, which may impact the perception of this project.
I will be contacting professor during the break to try to get in touch with the people in charge of the price center exhibitions.
I will be contacting professor during the break to try to get in touch with the people in charge of the price center exhibitions.