In my second conversation with Andrew we first discussed the
video I had posted on the November 15th blog. Andrew recommended me
to sit with the work and to think of the piece like I work with my paintings:
in layers. The work for the moment is too episodic and I need to get the
layering process more across. Also ask myself what is the work of the work?
What do I want it to do? So I suggested that I could go back and isolate and re-edit
the two sequences where I overlay 1. Images of the destroyed city of Homs,
Syria and 2. The burning refugee houses in Germany with the sound of my voice
reading poems from Holocaust survivors. In this way I do what I do in my
painting work: overlay different identities of different times on top of each
other. Instead of painting two maps on top of each other I will be overlaying
the sound of experiences of the Holocaust with the visual of current events.
Andrew encouraged me to create several new videos in that way….
For the moment, however, I will be focussing on painting,
since Andrew also asked me to bring a painting to NYC. I always paint on wood
and my paintings are heavy. So in order to bring work to NYC I will create a
painting on canvas and will bring it in a tube….
After the video we discussed my painting work, I showed Andrew
my two new paintings and a painting I am currently working on. One of the
pieces of advice Andrew gave me was that besides ‘going crazy’ with the loser
painting work, I should also ‘exercise restraint’.
We discussed several other subjects and Andrew answered some
questions I had regarding the program and the crit group. It was great and
helpful to have that conversation.
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