first meetings

ORIGINALLY POSTED: 26 October, 2006 at 8:39 AM
brockport, new york_18 OCT 06_alisia_10AM
we went to the coffee place--THE coffee place, full of coffee with flava, and delicious carrot cake. we talked about art, but mostly about life, which is art, which is what life come from, which is what art comes from. she said i am lucky to make art. i agree.
alisia wanted to see the space, told me to quit reading books and get working, wanted to see something...i told her i'd 'abuse her'. i think our relationship will be a good one for both of us--i value her honesty, independence, and womanhood.
alisia suggested:

• william kentridge
• franchesca woodman
• gutai group/fluxus
• y fu tuan
• sigmar polke

she gave me a dvd of william kentridge's work

rochester, new york_25 OCT 06_cburnett_2PM
some books/sources he said:

• GH Gombreck, 'Norm + Form"
• Felix, John Canemaker
• Before Mickey, Donald Crafton
• Hollywood Flatlads, Esther Leslie
• Emile Cohl, Donald Crafton
• Jeff Batcheon
• William Kentridge
• Bob Sebastian

we discussed:

• my new space to work in.
• chris raised concerns about
  how does the work get out of the space/to the public
  themes?

we talked through these ideas:

• walls as depth, a complex surface
• animation--the ideas of post-synching, 'rotoscoping', stop animation vs. key frame animation vs. 'straight' animation ["mickey mousing"]
• inventing my own medium--between film, drawing, photo--using all the things i need
• erasure: recording 'the thing' and recording it in reverse
• method: post-thematic

chris suggested:
that i do a 'reality test'--complete the method full circle--draw, film, photograph--to do a test, to have something to show