book of dots 02

The first project for Krzysztof's class dealt with the general body of interest I have, the idea of reality versus fantasy, constructing something real out the unreal, or constructing the unreal from the real. For the first six, seven weeks of the semester I started using a lot of diagrams, mind maps, correlations between what I was thinking of, what my project should be, I was more interested in the process of that whole experience rather than the actual product, the book of dots.

The physical experience, the book of dots, involves reading the book and seeing the pages. I can make a stop motion animation out of it—one thing Krzysztof suggested—that in itself is an experiential, rather than content based manifestation of the idea. But. it no longer relates to time, and we had that discussion. This is a physical abstract story of dots. Its not really about time, more like sequencing, more about presenting a very qualitative, tactile experience that people read, look at. They turn the pages, see the glossy dots, see the matte dots, see the cutouts. There is no narrative, its just about the form acting as a way of people to look at their own perception, learning how they see. A lot of my work used to deal with that, I am struggling with giving my work more content. That has been this whole semester, how do you add something to it that adds to it.