My piece, titled Hand ME Down, is rooted in the work of Ann Hamilton. This project is dependant on the objects I present and their histories. I am only a small part of my project. I do not instill meaning in my objects. Each object has a story, and my duty is to discover the history and importance of each of the hand-me-downs I present.
My piece is about continuing the life of another person through my relationship to an object: it’s smell, texture, markings, et cetera. In suspending the history of the object’s predecessor, an object is able to hold the legacy of the corporal in a tangible artifact, which can be worn on the body. Hence, the body of an other ultimately continues in the new owner of an object which was once important to it’s previous owner.
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Really nuanced, lovely work - I am going to send you W. David Hancock's material - in particular CONVENTION OF CARTOGRAPHY and THE RACE OF THE ARK TATTOO...how objects and storytelling dance together...
http://www.curtainup.com/raceark.html
http://playswithothers.blogspot.com/2009/11/convention-of-cartography-by-w-david.html
I loved your piece. Simple and affecting.
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