Serial Working

The artist I chose for serial working is Raymond Pettibon. Mr. Pettibon works primarily in ink and his art is considered "punky" it has an alternative feel to it. His work is often anti authoritarian and often has a nostalgic feel to it. The main thing that drew me into Pettibon's work was his use of text with his often times provocative imagery. He states in an interview that he initially added the text so people would look at the work longer. His text is often thought provoking, it aims to make you feel something, it often adds interesting narratives to his work.


In my series of drawings I wished to achieve this same sense of compelling narrative. I sought to establish a series that explores making mistakes or mishaps that occur in our lives and to give a sense of hope after these mistakes. A calm sense of alrightness and stability was constantly on my mind when creating these works, as all of them explore fairly chaotic type scenes.

On Paper

"Glory Days"

Caligraphy Ink, Sumi ink 

       "Death Picks no Favorites"

Sumi Ink, Caligraphy Ink, Transparent colored inks

"Punch"

Sumi and Caligraphy inks 

Off Paper 

For our series of videos representing movement I chose a human element of movement. The acts of blinking and chewing. I wanted to develop a series that showed how these movements can be affected by simple different circumstances going on in the participants life. First my buddy is seen casually blinking placing emphasis on the action and movement of the blink itself. Then a bright flashlight is put into his eyes to show how the movement of his blink has changed to adapt to this action occurring. In a way I wanted to express that our basic human movements take on different forms of movement when we need them too without us ever really realizing fully that they occur. The other two clips place emphasis on the mouth, how the mouth chews when we need to crunch our food, and how the mouth drinks when we need to drink something. Two completely different movements that occur among all of us on a daily basis for survival.