Opening the Box
I have had the box a week now and have only got as far as staring at it, wondering about it, opening it, looking at its contents and reflecting.
Here are some of the part-worked sheets that I think I may add to…
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Looking forward to seeing them added to!
Rachael Pinks
April 30, 2012 at 9:20 am
me too……as I am still (just) thinking about it!
Andy Parkinson
April 30, 2012 at 1:26 pm
Reblogged this on Painter's Progress and commented:
The box is looking interesting!
sbmacinnis
April 30, 2012 at 11:34 am
love that first glimpse into the box and seeing one eye looking back!!
Lisa Murray
April 30, 2012 at 11:36 am
me too, it’s a bit weird and frightening though (chien andalusian?)
Andy Parkinson
April 30, 2012 at 1:25 pm
It’s a very interesting project on many levels, and sort of merges more expensive art / larger fine art with the Mail Art Movement begun by Ray Johnson. Here is a link: http://www.rayjohnson.org/Ray-Johnson-The-Present-of-Mail-Art/
I may not be the first to point out this connection, and I won’t be the last.
Good luck with it.
mariekazalia
April 30, 2012 at 3:03 pm
thanks for your comment Marie, and for the really interesting link. Yes it does have some resonance, I like this connection a lot!
Andy Parkinson
May 1, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Uuumm…I recognise one or two items!
David Manley
April 30, 2012 at 4:03 pm
I have been identifying the marks, some are easier to tell their owner that others. I find in my own work that I am sometimes too respectful of earlier marks so I find it difficult to push on and change something completely. I find that this even more so with this project.How to proceed? I think I should do it like the surrealists and not look at what is already there.
Andy Parkinson
May 1, 2012 at 10:26 pm
Thanks for showing us some of the in-progress contents of Stephen’s mysterious traveling box! I’m excited to see what you’ll add to these!
zorgor
May 16, 2012 at 10:09 pm
Thank you Zorgor …. so am i!
Andy Parkinson
May 17, 2012 at 6:45 am
[...] opening the box over two weeks ago I have done very little work on it. Mostly I have been looking at the contents [...]
Thinking about how to proceed with the contents of the box « patternsthatconnect
May 18, 2012 at 8:34 am
oh this is the coolest game! What a fab project to be a part of
ephemeralgecko
May 21, 2012 at 11:08 am
Thanks for commenting. Yes, I agree.
Andy Parkinson
May 21, 2012 at 2:31 pm
What fun! I’ve sent a book back and forth through the mail . Who gets it in the end? Stephen? what size are they?
Carla Saunders
May 31, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Hi Carla, yes one day soon they go back to Stephen, though my feeling is the they could do with a bit more work before then. Not sure I think it is fun. The idea is great fun. Then coming to work on them is quite a challenge for me. I don’t often like what I’ve added and I certainly don’t like the idea of obscuring anything that someone else added. Some of them have ‘figurative’ elements that I find really difficult to respond to. I realise now what a ‘purist’ I have become. They are all more or less 12″ x 12″.
What happened with the book?
Andy Parkinson
June 1, 2012 at 3:15 pm