Tuesday, June 4, 2019

like it can touch you back

 
Any material that has any kind of intelligence is kind of like a battery.  If you spend enough time with it, you can charge it.
Fabric, laundry, has that charge because we rub up against it so often.
The investment - intellectually, conceptually, materially, temporally - makes the artwork feel charged like it can touch you back.
Or when you look at it, it can look back.
It's magical when it happens.                            Abbas Akhavan 

2 comments:

  1. (((Judy))) love how you make that happen with your work!

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  2. I had not thought of cloth having a kind of battery before - I love how this artist described putting a charge into something by spending time with it and touching it a lot. It is what I do and I am so excited when it seems as if it works xo

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