I recently came across this article about David Hockney and his use of "iPhone" as an artistic medium. It really got me thinking about how often I tell myself I don't have the right tools to make art, or follow through with ideas I have. What a terrible way for me to think...how limiting! The last thing I need is another limitation. My ability to stop myself from doing things because of money problems is almost uncanny. I feel like I didn't used to be this way, and that maybe I am adding limitations as excuses to not make art...because I am scared? Why can't we use the tools we have? I'd like to say that I pride myself on not being elitist, but fear that I have fallen into snobbery as a way to overcomplicate things. I need to cut it out.
So, as part of the Local Anesthetic project, I decided to start using my camera-phone to collect the imagery I need. These are a few of the pictures I've been gathering...
And I think that the camera-phone actually adds an interesting quality to the images. Something I am excited to play around with...
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It's lo-fi art making. I'm all for it. Thing is a camera phone isn't exactly lo-fi maybe just common. Maybe that's the deterrent. I say grab what you have and make it work. That's kind of the rat-rod mentality. (Which I like).
ReplyDeleteI wish I had a better understanding of my new phone. I wanted to grab a picture of a dirty truck I was behind on 94. Instead of 'wash me' someone wrote, "I wish my wife was this dirty." That's a new one (for me).
I like these photos. Together they feel a little sad and alone--a little bit haunted.
Zinger!
ReplyDeleteSad/alone/haunted is what I'm going for. I think it's interesting that the camera-phone seems to sort of add to this...like, if I had taken them with my Canon, maybe they would be too pretty/crisp. There's also an interesting blue-grey tone that the phone adds. Don't know why! Possible face/hand grease?
Fun that I would blog about "the right tools" and then my laptop would die...
ReplyDeleteugh.