Proposal #1- Dance Performance Piece

 

• I was inspired by the acrobatic dance movements in the music video for “Lotus Flower” by Radiohead. I want to make my own video of someone dancing on the line in black and white and making fluid and flexible movements.
• I would need a camera and someone to dance for me.
• I want to flexible movements of the human body and their shadows.

Proposal #2-Yoga Performance Piece

 

• I want to make a video of others and myself doing yoga positions on the line. No one has to have any experience with yoga or even be flexible.
• I would need to ask a group of people to come with me on the line and find an area where they can stretch out and do certain yoga positions. It would be preferable if the sun is out.
• I want to explore people’s physical flexibility and see how comfortable they are with doing it.

Proposal #3 – Branch Sculpture

• I plan on making a sculpture about 3’-3’ made up of branches I can alter and bend. For display I would need a floor space or possibly hang it up and good lighting.
• I would need to explore the line and look for bendable branches or thick vines.
• In order to connect the branches I would need rope or string and hot glue.
• Whenever I look at a large tree or branch I always think of it as very stiff and straight. By finding certain braches that bend and putting them together I can create a different way of visualizing how one looks at trees and branches.

Flexible Objects Found

Flexible objects I found on the line and past the line.

1. Tires
2. Barbed wire
3. leaves
4. Small trees
5. Caution tape
6. Moss
7. Branches
8. Rope
9. Hunting sign
10. Mud

Flexible Line Drawings

Simple outlines of flexible objects found the line.

Opposite of Flexible

Objects and things I found that were not physically flexible

1. Large trees
2. Abandoned trailer
3. Rocks
4. Hills
5. Telephone poles
6. Dorm building
7. Side walk
8. Bulldozer
9. Bicycle
10. Truck
11. KFC building
12. Picnic table
13. Basketball hoop
14. Metal property sign
15. Large group of cars.
16. Road signs
17. Handicap sign
18. Cinder block
19. Large tree stump
20. Chair

Flexible Thoughts

Things that popped into my head while on the line and thinking of the word flexible.

1. Leaves
2. Springs
3. Grass
4. Belts
5. “Breaks” by the Black Keys
6. Erasers
7. Thought about the ways the line can change during different seasons
8. Small trees that can bend
9. The fact that it’s daylight savings
10. How bad the food is at Ade hall
11. Hunting
12. Different positions I can make with my hands
13. Evolution/adaptation
14. Realizing how nice the weather is compared to previous days
15. The Dave Chappelle Show
16. Eating good pizza in New York City
17. The next drawing assignment.

Flexible Hands

Flexible hand positions

Flexible

1: capable of being.

2: yielding to influence.

3: characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements.

Bendable

Elastic

Stretchy

Resilient

Versatile

Adaptable

Adjustable

Trash Sculpture

A Sculpture made out of trash I found on the line.