Metamorphisis

Bed fram in progress

Bed bug

Chest, bed and bug

Bed and chest

Bug, bed and chest

 

Bug in bed with chest

Gerggor takes a nap

Bedroom how I see it...

Close up of chest next to bed

Gerggor is crawling on the bed from the chest. Tired after laps around ceiling and walls.

The chest is a nice place to chill

Greggor and his bedroom

Gerggor's room is tidy for a bug

So tired and not feeling well at all

Greggor's bed

 

Design study creating 3 forms with white paper without tape and glue. Construct three paper sculptures of a dresser, a bed, bed frame, sheet, blanket, pillow and a bug.

Reaction to Kafka's Metamorphisis

Kafka’s metamorphosis is a dark and sometimes humorous story about an overnight transformation of a man into a bug.  The bug is a cockroach, considered the lowest form of life, in most households.  The humor and colorful vocabulary used by Kafka draws the reader in to Greggor, the human now bus’ world as he learns to cope with his newly acquired physical appearance.  The family who Greggor had currently supported prior to his transformation has now shunned him by keeping him locked and hidden in his room.  Greggor’s sister is the only one who seems to accept him in his new state.  Her caring nature is apparent as she tries to accommodate Greggor with adjustments to his food and surroundings. As the days go by the blur between human and roach are being lost.  Greggor’s health suffers and eventually he fades away and is only a memory to his family.  Kafka leaves the reader wondering many things about the transformation between reality and fantasy.  My reaction was one of deep pity for Greggor.  His family seemed to lean on him so hard, he was driven to death by pressure and underappreciating.  The pressure of caring for all of them with nothing in return became too much for Greggor and his sickness was his only escape.

4 Forms word exercise

chaos

 

voyerism

Voyeurism

Voyeurism

 

Monument

Monument

Ambiguous in progress

Ambiguous Monument



Ambiguous

Ambiguous

Ambiguous

I chose to create forms inspired by the words voyeurism, chaos and ambiguous.  Voyeurism is clearly represented in the sculpture as the viewer is invited in by the artist to explore what lies on the other side of the structure.  The steps are intentionally used to entice the viewer to come closer and interact with the sculpture. 

Chaos is merely a big pile of shapes, glue and tape.  The random placing and tight form, are meant to represent the destruction seen in the aftermath of  a tornado when it strikes a trailer park.  Chaos represents my life at this point in time.

Ambiguous is translated through a structure that has clear and solid sides.  The structure is meant to create questions in the experience. What is up and what is down? Which is in and which is out? The form can be viewed in a variety of ways, once again reinforcing ambiguous nature of the form.

Monument is represented with a strong triangle form and several tape figures meant to represent worshipping.  The monument is large in scale in comparison to the figures representing the human form.