This is a poem I wrote about my sculptures:
Stacked upon each back but not
attached.
Packed tight.
Lifeless spike holding on for dear
life.
For all that you held down you must
now hold yourself up.
And all that cannot be held up will
fall by the wayside.
All you need do is wait.
Weight bound to fall.
Nowhere near strong as a weld.
Your misfortune has been foretold.
Standing on the shoulders defiant.
No gravitas for gravity.
The levity. The nerve.
The purpose you served.
Curves that undulate.
This collected collective intact.
Compact and abstracted.
Formed from without.
Withstand from within.
In a cloud of dust.
Patina and rust.
The clinging and clanging.
Theatrically singing what a lovely
mess I make.
The forms I take.
But make a mistake and it all comes
tumbling down.
From cast away to on display.
Here today. Gone today.
Great progress! The addition of the suit is like putting a frame on a painting or a sculpture on a pedestal, it sets off the whole thing, the performance as the artwork not just a video about how a form was constructed. Did you intend to suggest, then, that the deconstruction and cleaning up is not to be considered in the same light because you took off coat, tie and vest?
ReplyDeleteThe suit also suggests professionalism and respect for the humble materials, the people and jobs represented by the spikes.
I don't think the mirrors are positioned well to show enough of either you (emphasizing the performance, again) or the form you are creating.
Billie Jean is my number one "Do Work" song in the studio!!
ReplyDeleteYour poem is the first one up on the wall for PCP - it looks so beautiful, and it reads that way too!
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