i attended Lance's talk on Monday afternoon, and found his work to be quite interesting and refreshing. one of the first images we were shown was a light bulb illuminating darkness. the image was created by multiple stampings of a Luna moth stamp. i found this image to be particularly fascinating because normally you see moths that are attracted to light, drowning it out, but this time the light was defined by the moths.
Lance talked about the ectoplasm/goo that he felt was something along the lines of the dividing layer between thinking up a art and creating it, and how inside the ectoplasm art can be changed. he also spoke a lot about how art changes as it moves between dimensions. the lawn ornament that he made of the Buddhist monk who burned himself is one example. from the front side, the monks face is clearly visible, but as you move around the piece, it just becomes a sculpture of blazing light.
Lance was also heavily into language, and the creation of words, and how making those words and the errors he made when forming the letters created movement. these pieces had an incredibly natural feel, even though they were being created out of man made ideals - words. one of the final pieces he showed us, with the orange and pink plexi-glass was especially moving. it looked like a volcano of words was erupting from the sculpture.
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I like the second and the third ideas the best. I like how you alk about the government in the second project because the government has control over every marriage and divorce. the thirdproject is interesting because it is alot of connecting shapes but they connect in a specific way so i thought about after marrige how many people have a family or how ppeople connect on specific levels in general.
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