Why do people construct illusions to deal with reality?
(Representation from a child’s point of view).
I have been looking at the work of Constantin Brancusi, especially his works focused around children (eg: First Step, First Cry). I am interested in the works relationship to the body and changing of scale, as is evident in Lewis Carroll’s Alice and Wonderland. At this point the illusions that I will be looking into are ones created by parents for their children, eg: the myth of Santa or babies being delivered by a stork and the potential disappointment and/or distrust they can create (as discussed in Freud’s The Future of Illusions).These myths are designed, I suppose, to protect children. But from what?
I am anticipating this being a sculpture-based project as I want to explore many of the methods used by Brancusi and also the assemblages he creates using several different materials eg: wood,metal and marble. I plan to begin working with wood as it seems a logical start-point as I became familiar with it in my fields of practise paper last semester.
looks like you have got alot of play with the illusions, myths, storys, white lies, scale etc.
ReplyDeletehow about as a research method, you play with children and see how they veiw the world, this can give great insite into how they perceive the idealogies and the world around them.
if youre interested in more assemblage work, my sculpture paper has shown us a show called "unmonumental - object in the 21st century" which is all about assemblages and constructions. http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/4