ART2602 - Rachel Gibbs: Project 1

Statement/Analysis:

For the first project on “human, hybrid, and machine,” I want to focus on the body/anatomy of all the selected subjects. To build and create the body of a machine, many of the images selected are of zoomed in machine parts (particularly cogs) that are both rusted and new. To help with the resampling/editing process of the images to create my collage, some of the images selected are of disassembled machines (such as cameras) with a blank background. Personally, I don’t think all bodies are built with the newest grade of parts. Many times the body can be built with polished, new parts while also having a rusty piece hidden within; this rusty piece can be from the beginning or from old bad habits that have degraded the once polished piece. For my human portion, the images selected are of the human anatomy. There is an image of a skull as well as a muscle chart of the human body to show bits and pieces that form the internal makings of humans. Instead of going for an image of any human, I will be utilizing an image of the Marble Statue Group of The Three Graces because they are Roman statues that present the idea of a perfect body. There are also images of old portraits and human skulls to possibly add on top of the Roman statue to further bring my collage to life; almost as if the figures in the statue are talking to one another. For my hybrid of human and machine, I will like to mix many of the external human qualities to the internal makings of a machine. Images selected for the hybrid are not of one figure, but are of parts that can create one figure (similar to the images selected for my machine). My hybrid will also use some of the images selected for the machine and human to present the merging of the two collages that form the blend of two worlds. I particularly will like to add a glitch art look to my hybrid collage because I believe that an addition of a glitchy image can further emphasize the mix of both human and machine (almost as if it were to be from a space between the two worlds, glitching because it is not fully one or the other.)

Project 1 Bibliography:

Machine:

Metal cogs bronze and gold

https://www.pexels.com/photo/abstract-art-circle-clockwork-414579/

Three red dot metal cogs

https://www.pexels.com/search/insights/

Disassembled canon camera

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canon_PowerShot_A520_Disassembled.jpg

Blue machine parts

https://www.flickr.com/photos/72814229@N00/41485194220/in/photolist-26cUsVj-abEGwE-8AYeuD-8bi66v-N5NMfy-bPKng-2b7ecKE-uLkkL-QmSUUb-rk8Bq6-5MqA51-WQ3JQh-bSuxbe-8AYeDp-27spnBd-4zkT9L-2SYwSf-299c9Da-omJc4n-bwN8xM-r3B4Gh-i8Cnn-duTEUN-o6pUgH-9wtwit-ny2btF-aTy6VX-bhaaya-omKDTR-DyiJFg-r3B6sS-7CyKb-cQPWPA-ecxJDR-fNVLK5-9Rn6vq-636iUE-8GJWxK-72YBVb-aVRSCx-77X91d-79ugNi-55PQgC-JwMux-deJxie-qhrqB-7xtFZh-9ayrd2-dNEWNU-2bqUBgS

Buttons and measure

https://www.flickr.com/photos/baboon/3501335/in/photolist-8sb729-21XAi9D-8oQ1HZ-jX3Tc6-tA1Ph-iWPR-2yWB8-qauU7-4vijTA-deANwA-3tVLJ-4mSa2o-29Uj2pC-5N9CnK-9AW5Xf-brvUQ6-96CrJ2-oBcYJu-8UYRF9-biVXyP-ejicQc-AB43GF-8rZgrE-ejoVmC-8PQumh-7hGyRy-brvUMH-r4pRPJ-2jnjzc-6jKkcL-8B2iZY-7hGyBu-bbEgu6-f5mNi-4pRJ4N-8fUXoi-crGRCy-HrDvM-6jKkaj-ZDSVKU-7hCDf8-asEFFh-bsb9bR-45UUoE-neogLa-7uvp5r-7hGyHN-chUipA-brvUNR-FXqFct