The B R I E F

THE MATERIALITY OF HEAVINESS

SEEING HEAVINESS AS BEASTLY

TAMING BEASTLY MATERIALS

BEING TAMED BY BEASTLY MATERIALS

A movie I made to accompany my project response speech in class illustrates the main points of the brief, I feel as perhaps that I don't reference the brief enough throughout my processes. The brief influenced my initial thought process and it was from these ideas that I move on, not disregarding them but rather using them as a catalyst, there constantly in my mind but they no longer inform decisions I have moved on.

... T H E   M A T E R I A L I T Y   O F   H E A V I N E S S ...

This is approached through materials, that are not necessary physically heavy but rather are heavy in process, such as the time consuming process of applying latex to a mould, or the physical heaviness needed to mould leather and time needed for that process to be complete. 

... M O V I E ...

... An 'I M P R I N T' is left by a 'M O T I O N' ... 

It is in this  'H E A V Y   M O T I O N'  that a  'M O M E N T'  is created through the 

'C O M P R E S S I O N'  of a form, through this process the female form is captured in its 'R A W est' form, that being the nude. 

This short movie I made attempts as illustrating how the notion of a 'H E A V Y'   

'M O T I O N' creates a 'R A W   M O M E N T' 

COMPRESSION 

LABOURING 

MOMENT

MOTION 

HEAVY

RAW 

... S E E I N G   H E A V I N E S S   A S   B E A S T L Y ...

Seeing these materials as beastly through lack of understanding and respect 

... T A M I N G   B E A S T L Y   M A T E R I A L S ...

This is achieved through respecting and understanding a material. The respect I speak of is the respect found in understanding the 'other' and in this case it is leather (veggie tan) before trying to change it. 

Even though leather is from the hide of a dead animal it should still be viewed as living it is no less important because it does no longer posses. You hold this piece of flesh in your hand and you understand that it has previously come from a living form, to rework is to regenerate, bring life back to a previously lifeless form. 

... B E I N G   T A M E D   B Y   B E A S T L Y   M A T E R I A L S ...

It is the respect that you embody; understanding that eventuates in to learned skill 

which is in turn the taming of and being tamed by the 'B E A S T'