Interviews as art

Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ Manifesto for Maintenance Art had in it a plan to interview spectators to an exhibition in a side room gallery space. Spectators to be interviewed on the subject of the show - life maintenance tasks and the value of one’s time and relationship to ‘life’s dreams’.

https://queensmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ukeles-Manifesto-for-Maintenance-Art-1969.pdf

Idea:

Interviews as art:

• On all kinds of subjects that concern Bennett & McDermott

• Maybe using EDC members

• Edit a film together. Make it an art film - ignore classic 3 act structure.

Wallpaper

Make wallpaper from the screen prints of the Twenty Years letters.

Going slow as art

Could setting off for a slow day -to wonder as I did as a kid - but as an adult - be fun, memorable, productive?

Would we take work to do? Or take nothing?

Things I Did Whilst Doing Something Else

Two lists made by Sharon whilst she was doing something. She noticed how many times she was required to switch tasks or divert her attention away from the task in hand.

Things I Did Whilst Doing Something Else

Things I Did Whilst Doing Something Else

Puzzle print

A puzzle made from large abstract mono print mounted onto board and cut into geometric shapes. The piece can be arranged into its original configuration or rearrange into an infinite number of other possible configurations. A compositional puzzle with infinite solutions.

Possibilities for participant interaction include: sending images of solutions and associated thoughts about what their composition reminds them of or resembles to an ongoing archive.

In this post are examples of this game being played by my daughters using a maquette made with cardboard and colouring pens.

Nora: Unicorn

Nora’s composition seen by Cordelia as a bird in flight.

Cordelia: plant in a pot. Nora saw this as a man performing a handstand.

Nora: a king’s scepter.

Nora’s design seen by Cordelia as the leaning tower of Pisa.

Cordelia: a table

Nora: a dog or a dromedary (one humped camel).

Mono print on paper

Mfd museum and art gallery

We set up a museum and art gallery in our front garden with a small display cabinet. We are artists-in-residence and research historical facts of interest about our local area. We invite neighbours to contribute with art works or stories to include in the museum display.

I was here while you were there

At a pre agreed time, we take a short video of a minute duration of our surroundings while we are apart and then edit the videos together.

The museum of here

We set up our own museum at a festival or gallery. We ask visitors to choose an object on their person that is significant, we photograph the object and make a note of the details of it and any associated story. We print the photo using a small printer and type an information card using the word processor. The photo is given an archive number and is added to the museum by displaying it on our stall. The museum archive grows over the duration of the festival.

sensory considerations

When creating and developing work, think about the sensory aspects. Make work about seeking, avoiding or controlling sensory input. Sounds, sights, touch, smells.

Audio Block

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Ways to feel ageless

Participatory project full of ways to encourage participants to feel ageless.

Words to describe the feeling of being ageless

Free, abandon, joy, excitement, playful, fun, curiosity, wonder, sense of awe, magic,

Initial ideas

• Riding a bike

• Flying a kite

• Playing snap

• Swimming

• Music

A Day to remember not forget

Instead of each day being the same, what novelty can we bring to make each day a day to remember?