I am very happy to report that Jorge and I have raised $4,000
through RocketHub for Passage and we are deeply grateful to each and every
person who pledged. I have learned
that fundraising involves a lot of time and effort although over the past week my
attention has been drawn more to the project itself and I haven’t put as much effort
into the fundraising, but I will make another call for support this week and
hopefully raise some more funds.
Please tell your friends and share the site with anyone you think may be
interested. http://rkthb.co/25643
video still from Passage
This past week, Jorge and I have started reconfiguring the
videos we will be using for Passage and it has been exciting to see the concept
and ethereal narrative of the installation emerge in the juxtaposition of these
images. We have also decided to
add a fifth video, which is a video we shot of the river in Housatonic, MA
where I had a studio in 2010. Jorge
and I have used this video of red water in numerous installations and
performances over the past few years. In fact all of the videos that will be in
Passage have been used before: the pigeon that Jorge filmed outside his
apartment, the windows with blowing curtains and the figure standing in an arch
which I shot when I was in Turkey in 2010. I have a feeling that we won’t use these images again after
this show because they have really matured and found their home in Passage. In
this sense, Passage feels like the culmination of years of exploration and
investigation into the life, spirit and poetry of these images.
video still from Passage
On a seemingly less creative note, we are also dealing with
the many practical issues that need to be taken care of for the installation
like choosing video projectors, figuring out how to hang the projectors
(apparently we can’t drill into the ceiling, which makes it all very
complicated), finding a technician to install the technology, deciding on what
media players to use and if we want to sync the videos as well as exploring
options for transporting the gravel. It seems a little overwhelming at times and it has made me
think a lot about the creative process and how I define this process.
Generally, I think of the creative process as those moments of inspiration and magic when I feel connected to my vision and I am doing something like performing or editing video or drawing. Those are good times and I tend to think that these are the times when I am really “working” and somehow the other aspects of putting the project together like figuring out how to move 250 bags of gravel, how to hang the projectors or how to pay for the project are just a nuisance. Well, obviously there is no project without dealing with practical details and it occurred to me this week that I may be better off seeing it all as the creative process rather than just calling the parts I like creative process and the rest an annoying obstacle I wish didn’t exist. It’s all good and it’s all important and it is all part of the creative process.
“Art is a
guarantee of sanity” – Louise Bourgeois
Generally, I think of the creative process as those moments of inspiration and magic when I feel connected to my vision and I am doing something like performing or editing video or drawing. Those are good times and I tend to think that these are the times when I am really “working” and somehow the other aspects of putting the project together like figuring out how to move 250 bags of gravel, how to hang the projectors or how to pay for the project are just a nuisance. Well, obviously there is no project without dealing with practical details and it occurred to me this week that I may be better off seeing it all as the creative process rather than just calling the parts I like creative process and the rest an annoying obstacle I wish didn’t exist. It’s all good and it’s all important and it is all part of the creative process.
“Genius (or art
in this case) is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration” -Thomas Edison
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