The dice rolled the following for me:
Scanography
Painting
Nature
At first this cast seemed like less of an adventure than other options - like robotics and fabtronics, and themes like justice or voice. I then obsessively rolled the dice enough times to come up with an option for each of the possibilities.
When I thought more about my dice selections, I tried to find my entry point into painting and nature. Scanography is a really beloved part of my art practice, since I got my first all-in-one printer/scanner/copier in Vermont in 2004. Painting, however, I haven't engaged with in my personal practice in a significant way in some time, since I quit oil painting when I grew bored with the medium, and never really looked back to formal painting for a way for me to express myself. The die cast of painting loomed over me a bit, when I kept thinking about painting on canvas, and expected conventions. I found my entry point when I decided to paint miniatures on dead leaves, using gouache, and depicting and environmental parable. It all coalesced for me in my mind and I became really excited about the project. The idea of scanning the paintings and then animating them into a high-res GIF was a really exciting prospect for me, and tied my 3 components together very nicely in my mind. The act of painting the miniatures in gouache was meditative and labourious and detailed, and I really enjoyed it. Learning how to make a GIF within Photoshop, rather than using an online GIF making service was really empowering.
I really loved the act of rolling the dice to figure out a final project assignment, the parameters of the assignment being provided to work against, and the lively discussions we as a class had regarding our rolls and who got a roll they were excited about and who was nervous about theirs.
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