Departure

The point of departure for the rest of the project begins with a summary of eleanor antin's work as a "search to discover ones self." Her work ranging from honest narratives, plays concerning her own identity, and colourful photos which depict historically ironic themes may point to a non-explicit searching for self....that perhaps some of her other works which do not contain an air of 'self discovery' are actually the ones that tell the most of herself.

Triumph of Pan (after poussin), From Roman Allegories, 2004.

Taking this idea and expanding it to the other elements (the material, the moving element) the approach is to look at what makes the wood or the 'moving element' what it is...by experimenting with what it is not. Similar to Eleanor Antin's explorations in her plays as a black ballet dancer or as a King.

Eleanor Antin, King , 2000.

So my initiative is to understand something new about wood by removing the 'woodness' from the wood and making something from the resultant. Sort of an exploration by contradiction. As for how this will lead into the next exploration, hopefully something will occur through my explorations with the material to hint at a moving element. If not perhaps it is to apply this 'discovery through contradiction' into a given moving element and see what it can do to the wood.