Friday, June 27, 2008

words inspire words inpire...

Artist Ann Hamilton is a gleaner of words... and visually her use of words truly inspires...


Above images are from the piece Tropos. Tropos relating to tropism meaning a natural inborn inclination, an innate tendency to react in a definite manner towards stimuli, exemplified in the behavior of plants when they bend towards the source of light.
This is a large scale installation in which a performer burns each word of a book.

kaph, i know nothing about but it seems quite lovely...

abc a video installation in which the alphabet is erased and said in reverse.

Lineament a performer cutting a book into thread and wrapping this thread of words and language into "yarn" balls.

Hopefully these words will inspire some words in my own studio...

For more Ann Hamilton go here.

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