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en el futuro, una de las posibles salidas a mi no-actividad (mi hiatus) podría ser la escritura
he tratado de escribir poesía o narrativa pero estoy mas cerca de la prosa poética, que es una escritura que mezcla ideas, ficción, estados del ser y figuras poéticas; este ejercicio de arriba sirve como ejemplo, fue mi entrega final en un taller de poesía que tomé con katia ibarra que finalizó en octubre de 2014
además de la prosa poética, me interesa hacer una fusión entre palabras e imágenes
esto se debe a mis vínculos con las artes visuales pero también a que me siento desbordado por el frenesí de las imágenes que circulan en los massmedia y el internet; es algo que no me intimida, ni me atropella, sólo me sobrepasa; la información me parece inagotable, sorprendente, pero también distractiva
tengo guardados cientos de fragmentos de textos que he escrito y miles de imágenes que he bajado de internet, pero que aún no les he dado forma ni orden; es como una memoria incansable, inequívoca, de lo que me atrae y me interesa, son bocetos de ideas que quiero desarrollar; estos archivos de textos e imágenes en mi computadora están a la espera de encontrar su camino… quizá aquel ejercicio final del taller de poesía me permitió imaginar una posible salida
aqui pueden bajar mi ejercicio final si lo desean; está en formato pdf; se imprime por ambas caras en una hoja tamaño carta, y se dobla a la mitad, como un zine (en español solamente, lo siento):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/omj4v3c0oonwsvo/3.%20num2.pdf?dl=0
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in the future, one of the possible solutions to my non-activity (my hiatus) could be writing
I tried to write poetry or fiction but I’m closer to the poetic prose, which is a type of writing that mixes ideas, fiction, states of the being and poetic figures; this exercise above serves as an example, it was my final delivery at a poetry workshop that I took with katia ibarra, that ended in october 2014
in addition to poetic prose, i’m interested in a link-up between words and images
this is due to my training in the visual arts but also because I feel overwhelmed by the raving of the images that circulate in the mass media and the internet; it’s something that doesn’t intimidate me, but i feel they go beyond me; information seems inexhaustible, surprising but also distracting for everyone
I have saved hundreds of fragments of texts I have written, and thousands of images I have downloaded from the internet, but I haven’t yet given them form or order; it is like a tireless unequivocal memory of what attracts me and interests me; they are like sketches of ideas that I want to develop; these texts and images files on my computer are waiting to find their way … maybe that final exercise of poetry workshop allowed me to imagine a way out
here you can download that final delivery if you wish; is a pdf format; you may print it on both sides on a letter size paper, and fold it in half, like a zine (in spanish only, sorry):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/omj4v3c0oonwsvo/3.%20num2.pdf?dl=0
shinobu wrote on Jan 10:
Rhetoric rules. In human society. (not in the bunny world)
enrique wrote on Jan 9:
I can see that, the moving borders are in a different place in a new space-time geography, (and I feel myself misplaced, no problem…) this article that kelly shares with us approaches some ideas about it... although my words may sound as an "art world" defense, they are not; what I'm trying to point out is that all of it is just a tangible statement, fragile as all the statements may be, but still effective when you want to be in some places, like a biennial, some galleries or certain art magazines… the things I do now aren't meant to fit in the art world, and that's like a prerogative... but I agree, maybe we ought speak less from "art", or further more, vanish this word from our vocabulary (yei!), and talk more of other activities: creative or "entrepreneurial" post-industrial activities, as the article claims... but I feel that we still remain in some statement debate, (what should we call it now? are we ready to drop that concept?)... all my "artist" life was a continuous question about it, and many of my activities in the past were meant to disagree or dislocate these conditions, while some other activities were useful to procure economic resources ("practical survival" as you may say)... what I found throughout that is that the subjectivity is the most important thing a subject may own; therein you may find creativity, obedience - disobedience, changing identities, affections, emotions, expressions, (un)discipline, and so on... subjectivity is an important ingredient on the web, if not the main, for example… so i guess my question could be: what is important to take care within oneself? my opinion is that a hiatus may be always useful to provide an answer... saludos afectuosos desde algún lugar en méxico!
shinobu wrote on Jan 8:
What I mean is nowadays, at least where I am doing it, "things" (try to or need to or just do) exist in more varied and complex places than they did in the past. (this applies to those "people" making/doing it, too) I think it'll be also interesting to have Heather, another resident starting next month, who is a "self-taught conceptual artist" who'll explore the exact thing we are talking about in her own way. And, this is why we love having international participants here, to give a wider perspective to the "criteria" or "identity" that we, in this industry seem to follow or believe in, while I am clearly aware that that is a matter of practical survival. Muchas gracias por su contribución, Enrique!
Enrique wrote on Jan 7:
i guess so, shinobu... hehe, i'm not sure that i'm translating the words accurate to the ideas, sorry about that; but what do you mean that "we surely need lots of space"?...
what i mean is that there may be a specific situation in making art: the artist being, and first of all, he/she chooses if a work is something to be called art, or not... i mean that this statement is like a point of breakdown for the "things" called art... after that, the institution may confirm (or denied) if that artist's pretentiousness may have a place in the art world... of course there are a few exceptions to this, when some pieces are rescued from the trash can (Kafka's Metamorphosis for example) or from other contexts, but my point of view is that without people who call themselves "artists" (or writers, or musicians), there would not be art-things, nor art-institutions... the issue with the empowerment (and power abuses) between these parts is unequally given, but fortunately it changes all the time... i don't know how this goes in your country (and perhaps you may like to share your experience) but in méxico, art is made by artists, and everything else is not art, very tautological indeed, hehe... i also mean that the artist being (and his conscience) is aware of this potency in the first place, although he is also aware that his art conscience comes from the art-institutions that surrounds and shapes him/her as a contemporary being... very complex...
i guess you must, as owners of this eccentric residence (meaning that is out of the center), take for granted that the hiatus is not art, but also that it's in the nearby, or something like that
que el 2015 sea un buen año para todos !!
shinobu wrote on Jan 5:
Enrique - so you are saying that this "where the thing ends (up at)", physically or conceptually, may determine what the "thing" may be -- we surely need lots of space (:
Mary Kroetsch wrote on Jan 1:
When a writer experiences "Writer's Block" do they not review their notes and previous writings to get re-inspired and find a way back to putting the right words together to begin creating again?
I kind of feel this Hiatus we are all on as time to overcome "Artist's Block". While I don't intend on make any new art, I won't be able to stop myself from reviewing my past works or getting creative nudges through the diaries. I also intend to do a major studio clean out come spring and revisiting the past mistakes stored in oh so many boxes. Who knows; maybe something I deemed not so successful will prompt me to consider making it a success when I finish my Hiatus.
Enrique wrote on Dec 24:
hello shinobu!
thanks for your comment, I think it is not difficult to put a separation line... mmh, this is just an exercise, a result of a poetry workshop (and i'm not a poet), is only a "homework", hehe, and from this point i realized that there might be a way out of my hiatus, something i had not explored before, and also i realize that all the material that could be part of a permanent, customary activity is waiting on my computer.
although I've been saving them, i'm not using those texts and images now, so these material is also on hiatus, as i'm, and i just ponder about it; but either way, it is true, as the figure of King Midas, that everything an artist touches could be used in the art world as representative of something artistic; but it is also clear that the artist is, firstly, who determines where do his (or her) things end… I think that more than a rhetorical or ambiguous question, is a statement, and a positioning, first from the artist, and later from other circumstances.
felices fiestas invernales !!
shinobu wrote on Dec 23:
Hi Enrique, I find it perplexing that you separate this from your "art" activity -- where do you draw the line, that this is not your art project but something else, like, writing with a bunch of found images, or like a hiatus activity -- of course, once again, we are trapped in this rhetorical game, like "why is Milena's gardening not art?" or "why is Ryan's bartending not art?" -- but very curious about your definitions of art and not art or work and hiatus here and I'm sure I'm not the only one!