On Tiempo, Banff and Rome. And others

Time crystals! Wow, that is indeed fascinating. I should give it some thought.

Well, let’s say that here at the Banff Centre the breath taking environment leads one to consider the practice of drawing and mark making in a more holistic manner if that makes sense. One fascinating element is how the sky and the mountains merge (because of the clouds and the snow in the peaks).

 (Still from a video)

I have been tracking the weather (metaphorically speaking) and decided on three colors that seem to represent the place (very much like I was doing in the Slowtrack project but even more so in the pieces I was working on in Rome, where I tried to figure out the colors that represent the city, whether it is a vertical or horizontal place, and also what type of mark making would be adequate (turns out that I needed and interrupted line)).

So, as I was saying, I started making barely visible drawings and movies that wouldn't move. The form of mark making here is dictated by the trees, which dominate the landscape and make it distinct. 

I am now trying to come up with some measuring devices. Stay tuned!

El tiempo and oscillating matter

Gosh that's a much more elegant way of thinking about time than the economic slant of the metaphors we use when we talk about time in English. 

I wondered if this meteorological approach underpinned the new body of work you're producing in Canada? Your photos of the view were extraordinary and intriguing, and I wondered how the project was linked to or developed the Slowtrack drawings?

In other news, time crystals have been announced to the world. I wonder if it's possible to draw with them?!