Author: Pol Rosenthal
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on the muse
i just finished reading germaine greer’s article on the artist’s muse. for the last year i have been contemplating this very same concept. i came face to face with my muse one year ago and i have been enveloped in a heady, headstrong rush ever since. it’s life threatening. it’s altering. it’s a knife to…
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Art Idea: Global Eyes
get disposable video cameras. mail them to artists in other countries. have them to shoot their art, themselves, other’s art, life, whimsy, whatever. get those cameras back. EXHIBIT! DON’T TRANSLATE!
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Art Idea: Black America
make a world map make it giant in its scale black out the U.S. with long, thick black bars hang everywhere
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Art Idea: Private Performance
1. Rent a hotel room 2. Invite a local performance artist to perform there 3. Invite interesting and fun locals to your room 4. Repeat in a different city
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Art Idea: Puppet Box
Take a mannequin. In strategic places, the groin, the breasts, the mouth, stomach, etcetera, install small video monitors. groin: hand doing gestures. breasts: milk spilling or tears falling. stomach: glue pooling. or bananas. mouth: moths or butterflies escaping. armpits: mold or flowers growing. ass: trumpets blowing angels or guns firing.