07 December, 2011
Drawing.
I've always wanted to create the illusion of painting without a brush. Last night I finally thought of a very simple way to do it. I knew i needed a material that would easily bleed ink all the way through. I contemplated going to an art supply store to find some exotic paper...then thought to simply use a piece of kleenex. I built a little 2 sided frame for it with some legos to keep it taught. I set up a light and camera on one side, and I was on the other side with a few markers. After some added filters I was able to get a sharp image of the lines, then I removed the effects at the end for the sexy grande finale.
The idea behind it for me is to celebrate the process of creation and let go of the final product, because the joy I get comes from making it happen. Once a product is complete, it's nothing more than a thing.
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Nik, what a fantastic idea! I was wondering throughout the whole thing whether it was computer generated. The bleed that the sharpies(?) were giving made it seem to be so. Are you an art major?
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'm going to add a description right now, just realized that would help...not an art major, but you can see some of work here: www.nkazoura.com, www.youtube.com/thekloons
ReplyDeleteNik-This video totally captures this thought that I had about art and artists: Do you feel like you create the lines or that you are simply drawing the lines that were ALREADY there.....????
ReplyDeleteWhen I watch this I feel like i knew where each line was supposed to go. I felt like you were simply making the painting that already existed within the tissue ..lol
The ending was the best.
That's a really interesting question. Now you have me tripping out. For a lot of my abstract art like this one, many of the moves are made instinctually, as if, like you said, the lines were already there. Towards the end of this piece I started to think too much and I felt like I was forcing it. Long story short, time doesn't exist.
ReplyDeletesee you tomorrow.
Nik- I really like your form development. Your whimsy definitely shines through on this one.
ReplyDeleteIn music composition we may not have an idea of what a total piece sounds like, but we have the same concept of 'instinctual moves.' In Beethoven's 5th Symphony (seriously starts like "dun dun dun duuuuuuuunnnn") he used the interval of a minor 3rd to set the tone for the whole piece. If you guys listen to the whole first movement, you can hear how that little motif is thrown all over the place. The piece would take on a whole other mood if he used a different interval instead of the minor 3rd.
Here's a link to the Fantasia version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMnlxYkZKaU
Isn't it amazing how natural and fluid inspiration manifests?
Nik, I like your brain. And I am obsessed with The Kloons videos right now. I had no idea! Now I understand why we didn't get to hang out in New York- you were busy being genius! Have Rita fill you in on my idea of The Great New York Transplant Experiment that I am trying to formulate. You totally would fit the criteria of members.
ReplyDeleteJeff, don't let the fact that Nik wasn't an art major fool you. His show last winter is what made me sign up for art lessons so I can learn technique and he is an awesome creator of all sorts of things.
For an elementary throwback- do you guys remember those markers where you use a bold color and then use the magic white/clear marker to draw over it and it made the ink disappear? Rita's point about drawing the lines that already existed in the paper reminded me of those. Except opposite- the surface was design and what we were pulling out was void versus a blank surface and pulling out the design within.
Bravo Nik!
ive always wondered how artists think when they draw. im a musician but cant draw anything worth shit. i dont see the lines or feel that i am creating them. i wish i could see the process of your mind when you create.
ReplyDeletethat was awesome, thank you for creating and posting!!