1. How often during the day do you think about what gender, race, ethnicity, religion, age, state of health, and/or physical ability or you ‘inhabit’? What makes you think about it? I have found myself studying the concepts of religion and ethnicity for a monumental amount of time, Not everyday mind you, but to the point that I would consider it often. The reason that sticks out the most for way I might ponder this concept is fore the fact that I want to understand people. Due to religion and different ethnic backgrounds people tend to have different views on topic such as how a government should be run, what makes someone who they are, and/or life in general. I have always wanted to try solving the problem of how we as people can connect
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I at first found it hard to have an opinion about the work without condemning it, but I decided to not lean on my own understanding of what art is or is not and looked at it from a blank slate.
7. Read & hear about Michael Landy’s Break Down piece. How would you respond if you were asked to do the same project using your own possessions? For me it would depend on the memories behind the possession, for instance if it was just a fancy suit but I did not ever wear it I would not care, but say if it were a cheap suit that I wear at my high school graduation I would rather destroy the fancy suit then destroy memories.
8. LIMINALITY: read this article: http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/liminal.htm. Describe a time in your life where you experienced a state of liminality that seemed to be meaningful then or upon later reflection. I believe that an important state of Liminality for most boys is at the age of thriteen it was at this stage my parents did not consider me a boy anymore and I had too start taking on some responsibilities. I learned that in due time I was going to be an adult and must get ready to be on my own some day by learning how to do simple taskes like cooking and
I at first found it hard to have an opinion about the work without condemning it, but I decided to not lean on my own understanding of what art is or is not and looked at it from a blank slate.
7. Read & hear about Michael Landy’s Break Down piece. How would you respond if you were asked to do the same project using your own possessions? For me it would depend on the memories behind the possession, for instance if it was just a fancy suit but I did not ever wear it I would not care, but say if it were a cheap suit that I wear at my high school graduation I would rather destroy the fancy suit then destroy memories.
8. LIMINALITY: read this article: http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/liminal.htm. Describe a time in your life where you experienced a state of liminality that seemed to be meaningful then or upon later reflection. I believe that an important state of Liminality for most boys is at the age of thriteen it was at this stage my parents did not consider me a boy anymore and I had too start taking on some responsibilities. I learned that in due time I was going to be an adult and must get ready to be on my own some day by learning how to do simple taskes like cooking and