#087: Solidarity

An image of a pedestrian giving a thumbs up to a passing car flying a Ukrainian flag.

#084: Search for artists unknown

Perform a web image search that will find artists and art you are unaware of.  

You could search for artists of a particular nationality, gender or sexuality, for example “artists from Gabon” or “transsexual artists in Denmark”; or for subjects you have not seen in art so much, for example, “geese in art” or “paintings of timbuktu”; or throw in an era of time, for example “16th century female artists” (searching for any art movement plus women will probably show you something new, something largely hidden by histories); or a medium of art you are less familiar like “sculpture.”  Any search term, or combination of terms, you can think of that will find you something new.

Even if you need to change your search terms a few times to get at what you want, you will probably still find art you haven’t seen before on the way.

Find the work you like, learn more about the artists, follow them (or an account about them) on social media, find galleries or websites that show their art.

And why not share your findings on social media using the hashtag #artijustfound - share photos, links, information, spread the word.

#083: Self-portrait VIII / Joint self-portrait IV

Cover a wall large enough for the task with corkboard and place on this maps of every country you have lived in or visited.  In these place a pin or other marker in every town you have been to.  Depending on space and detail you want, you could use regional maps for some, or all, countries.  If you have less space, you could try this with a world map and mark each country and major city.

You could form a joint-self-portrait with others by placing different colour markers for each person.  

#082: The Silence of the Image: An Exhibition

An exhibition of famous works of art spanning all eras and regions of the world.  None of the works are present at the exhibition.  Instead, each is replaced by a digital screen upon which is written details of the work and a description of it.  The descriptions vary in detail, from long descriptions to basic information, and even nothing at all.  Everything can also be heard read aloud by pressing a button, using headphones or accessing the exhibition through an app.

After: Alexander, H. (2020) The silence of the image.  Available at: https://www.typefi.com/silence-of-the-image/ (Accessed: 30th November 2021)

#081: The Filter

Ink on paper.  Drawing of my face on the left side of the paper and someone else’s on the right.  The following text is written down the middle, in between the two faces:

Sometimes it feels as if there is a filter between me and other people that alters the way I have said things and distorts my face into the wrong shape for the words or the feelings.  It works the other way too, somehow.  I must work hard to remove it.

Several chains of coloured balls are moving from each side to the other (from the mouths to the ears), making their way through different paths created by the text.  In each chain the balls slowly fade from one colour to another (for example from red to yellow; blue to green; or black to white).

#080: The Approaching Silence

A sound and film installation taking up a full room in a gallery.  The sound of birdsong can be heard and a single 360 degree stationary shot of the corresponding forest or wood can be seen projected onto the walls of the gallery.  Each soundscape and film lasts 60 seconds but the birdsong slowly starts to fade after thirty seconds leaving the gallery silent for ten seconds while the film plays on before suddenly switching to another scene and soundscape.  

After Butler, S. and Morisson, C. (2021) We reconstructed birdsong soundscapes from over 200,000 places: and they’re getting quieter. Available at: https://theconversation.com/we-reconstructed-birdsong-soundscapes-from-over-200-000-places-and-theyre-getting-quieter-171325?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2030%202021%20-%202131921100&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20November%2030%202021%20-%202131921100+CID_742766558f461b85ae3bf319bf5d2b0a&utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&utm_term=We%20reconstructed%20birdsong%20soundscapes%20from%20over%20200000%20places%20and%20theyre%20getting%20quieter (Accessed: 30 November 2021).

#079: The Power of Words (?)

A white canvas that features one line of simple black lettering: 

What do you sea?