Friday, 24 May 2013

Return to PAPy bread

short recap on my proposal and where i am going with it.

Budleigh beach in East Devon
 Plan is to make a site specific piece for this beach based on graffiti but silent. see previous post here
windmills
i have finally chosen my graffiti sound, a sound totally out of place to a hopefully cold and quiet beach. i intend to record the sound of my son on the computer and his inane banter he has with his friends on Skype. with a c 60 tape; 1 hour to those of you who don't remember cassette tapes. i have worked out i should be able to make 60 windmills! Oh i love repetition.

various nets
i have been investigating how or what to attach the windmills to. originally i was thinking of having them en mass sticking up from the beach and i know Siân had mentioned to me Anthony Gormley's beach bodies is a 'whole' piece and not physically linked but as this really is a 'single' piece i have been thinking of ways to connect them.

i like simple so after going off at a tangent with windmills in boats which i decided was not in keeping with the idea behind my initial thoughts i have been investigating fishing nets. the idea to attach the windmills to a net so they can spin. i have tried various samples using paper thread, fishing line and finally cotton Perle.

i have taught myself to make fishing net thanks to the power of you tube! i made my own shuttle and done various experiments. fishing line did my eyes in though i love the idea of the transparency of it.

making new rows of loops with a spacer
experimenting with resin
Perle is quite floppy and i was thinking i would need something more rigid so i have played with soaking the finished piece in resin which has the desired effect.

However i have had an epiphany and think that because the use of the Internet and Skype is essentially an 'enclosed' activity i want to collect all the windmills into an enclosed net, so bits of 'noise graffiti' will leak out.

and this is for you Siân!

i came across this here some time ago when i was putting my proposal together. 
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7 comments:

  1. Judith Aylett24 May 2013 at 08:51

    Thanks for the link button to original ideas - great to push the pause button sometimes, isn't it - the windmills of your mind have been been coming up with some great developments. Is there a target date for the installation?

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  2. Fibrenell24 May 2013 at 17:54

    I love it - the website is also amazing. Who'd would've thought you could still broadcast sound when so tightly woven.

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    1. Max the Lobster25 May 2013 at 00:20

      Thanks Helen, yes it is amazing but I suppose it is how the cassette works in the machine.

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  3. Max the Lobster26 May 2013 at 10:28

    Thanks Judith, I have to finish my DIPLOMA BY december but as I am on a roll now my aim is in September when there won't be so many people on the beach!

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  4. Catherine26 May 2013 at 11:16

    What a fabulous idea. It has been so interesting to follow it from the start and delightful to see it taking its final shape. I love the idea of making sound visible.

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  5. Jane27 May 2013 at 14:13

    This project is so exciting and the sonic fabric is fascinating. Keep on rolling.

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  6. sharon young31 May 2013 at 22:54

    Brilliant idea for your PAP and your fishing net is superb.

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