Saturday Afternoon Talk With Hammett

I spoke with Hammett (Thesis Studio Professor) this afternoon about some aspects of my Goosewing Beach experiments. He had some very interesting suggestions. We began by talking about what I had worked with for the past few weeks in regards to scale. I have been experimenting with moving back and forth in the images, taking parts from the gridded structure, extracting color and creating compositions based on those collections. 

Hammett and I discussed considering pacing and rhythm, and playing with form. A book or a video could start placing these things into a form which could express the movement of scale and the study of coming in and out of a single moment in an image. I do want to find a way to combine the image experiments with the color studies. I need to start considering how these elements work in a system, and discovering the system organizing the form (what ever that may end up being). The form will come from the analysis of the system. 

We also spoke about incorporation of words and phrases into these experiments. These implementations could provide for pacing and rhythm, and express a new level of system. A possible expression could be the use of color and word assignment to each color. We also talked about developing the system, and then removing it, or implementing chance (which is a major part of my study and interest). What happens when the system is removed? Does another system reveal itself?

The next step for me is finding some sort of processing language which can extract color from my images and swatches. I need to express these ideas through some sort of form to find the relationship of the parts. I think by beginning with a short keynote presentation will allow me to move forward and start the process. I might also consider working in book form and returning to my interest in the concrete book, and how we move through a book. Many, many things to think about.