Tony
For the LAB theme of crescendo I wanted to explore the idea of quiet drama where the climax of the action is muted and has to be searched for rather than shouted. My favourite example of this the Bruegel painting The fall of Icarus.
The unfortunate youth drops from the sky in a flurry of feathers totally unobserved by the people going about their business in the landscape. I thought the structure of this book allows a slow journey through the painting and quietly builds up to Icarus’ legs as he plunges unseen into the sea.
Isi
For the theme Crescendo, I played with two structures/artist books using the vocabulary found in the discourse of culture wars and material such as paper. The main focus was the experience of “tension” with forms, words and structures so to illustrate my perception of the extreme polarisation that I see in today’s discourse and language, particularly online.
Joan
Our theme this month was ‘Crescendo’. I struggled to get away from a simple image of musical notation. In the end I made a ‘bookwork’, with no text. I made an upward-sweeping curve of card and paper, held together by black thread to represent musical staves. The ‘notes’ suspended from the ‘staves’ are cut re-used prints. They go from a strong black to a white.
Patti
This small book is based on Hedi Kyle’s “Sling Fold”, pressed to lie flat.
Is it about sex? About art? About life? I couldn’t possibly comment. At my great age I’ve learned some things are better hinted at than explained.
