I seldom do this, but
after framing "Eve Sees Her Face for the First Time" and looking at
it for a few days, I decided to re-work the pond/water area. Here's the final
version heading to Glenn Aber Contemporary in
New York for the fairs at the Hamptons.
This is an experimental public artwork that uses social media to create this
final work of art. The concept is to offer a path to develop a collaborative
effort between the artist and other people.
The video drawing
“Eve Sees Her Face for the First Time” showcases the faces of about 75 women
from all over the world. When this piece was conceived, I put out a call via
Facebook for women of all ages, ethnicities and races to send him an image of
their faces for inclusion in the piece.
The
call went viral on Facebook and over 1,000 images of women came from all over
the world (and are still coming!). This work contains about 75 rotating images
of the first woman. Additionally, the piece can continue to “grow” and the
collector of this piece has the option to continue to add more faces to the
piece via an included USB connector, if so desired, and thus become a
“contributor” to the work.
My
next step with this series is to create the next piece with the ability to log
onto the Internet and via Facebook (once the owner logs it into his/her
Facebook account) to search for the Facebookian women who have given permission
and donated their faces to the project.
I
am in the process of beginning working with Facebook developers to have them
create a "permission" that can be recognized by my work, so that it
can "grab" the permitted image and insert it into the artwork.
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Eve Sees Her Face for the First Time
Charcoal and Conte with Embedded Electronics
32 x 20 inches and framed to 40.5 x 28.5 inches |
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