Blue
This experiment was influenced by Kara Walker silhouette :
Gone, An Historical of a Civil War as it Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart" (1994)
Gone with the Wind was one of those books that I already had
preconceived ideas about: I already knew that I wasn’t going to like
it. (LAUGHS) And some of my experiences in Atlanta with the mythology of
Gone with the Wind included things like the sequel to it that
came out around the time I was working in a large bookstore. And some of
the more personal and private events that happened in and around places
like the Cyclorama, which is not too far away from where they filmed
parts of Gone with the Wind, and where the fake Tara was.
I had built up prejudices against Gone with the Wind. The first time I thought I would work with it, I was in graduate school, and I was making a collage on top of the book, Gone with the Wind, but really, without having read it. I decided that wasn’t going to work, about halfway through.
And so, I plopped down, started to read the book, and was thrilled with how engrossing that story was, and how grotesque it was at the same time. My interests were already running along the lines of other versions of the historical romance—the permutations of Gone with Wind, to some extent. It was the most fitting choice of text to work with. But the romance of it, the storytelling—it was so rich and epic, and that was what I hadn’t expected. I hadn’t expected to be titillated in the way that stories like that are meant to titillate. And, at the same time, it was so much fodder for the work that I wanted to do.
Gone, An Historical of a Civil War as it Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart" (1994)
I had built up prejudices against Gone with the Wind. The first time I thought I would work with it, I was in graduate school, and I was making a collage on top of the book, Gone with the Wind, but really, without having read it. I decided that wasn’t going to work, about halfway through.
And so, I plopped down, started to read the book, and was thrilled with how engrossing that story was, and how grotesque it was at the same time. My interests were already running along the lines of other versions of the historical romance—the permutations of Gone with Wind, to some extent. It was the most fitting choice of text to work with. But the romance of it, the storytelling—it was so rich and epic, and that was what I hadn’t expected. I hadn’t expected to be titillated in the way that stories like that are meant to titillate. And, at the same time, it was so much fodder for the work that I wanted to do.
Candle and Shadow
This experiment was influenced by Christian Boltanski
Les Bougies (Candles). 1986. Copper figurines, tin shelves, candles. Installation view, Chapelle de la Salpêtrière, Festival d’automne, Paris, 1986
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