Misconstrued Perception (Protection)
Fantasia Bolden
2012, Mixed
Media
With kinetic
sculptor/artist, Jean Tinguely’s impression of random sculpting and sound
artist Christian Marclay’s influence creative and intellectual sound, I created
collaboration with the general theme of protection. Initially, I intended for
the project to actually play the record that is displayed with protruding
screws. The idea of the record was the influence of Marclay. The screws were
definitely the influence of Tinguely’s unique, yet unexpected sound that he
used in one of his music pieces. Once I actually started to put the finishing
touches of the record onto the piece, the vinyl record had broken; Instead of
throwing it out, I decided to fix it and assemble it so that it misguides the
audience. The piece itself makes a sound of what you would expect the record to
play, but instead it is the friction of the umbrella against the stand and the
clicking is of the spinning handle banging against the plastic white boxes;
Overall the meaning in which I attempted to convey is that all of the aspects
that humans use to protect objects, themselves, or others (umbrella from rain,
glasses from the sun, boots from snow, the keep out sign from predators, etc.)
aren’t always 100% effective. These objects don’t come with signs that say when
they AREN’T 100% effective, but it’s up to the human’s perceptions to get the
negatives and positives from it (when, where, and how to use objects). The
human mind is very versatile and intellectual in perceiving.
Instructions:
First turn the handle clockwise that is located towards the middle of the “Keep
Out” sign. Next continue to turn it at an intermediate speed until you can hear
the friction of the umbrella against the stand; the clicking that may follow is
of the handle against the plastic box which is completely in accordance with
the umbrella’s friction.
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