These pictures are of cut glass that has been cemented into the top of walls, mainly used as a deterrent for people from breaking into the houses inside of the fence. I find these cut shards of glass as very important and visually interesting pieces of my childhood that i remember. These pieces of chipped bottles, and smashed glass remind me alot of the dangers of where i lived, and the situation we lived in, in relation to a wall, cut glass, and electric fencing. We also had a guard that watched the gate 24 hours of the day, which i found very interesting, and yet we still had our houses broken into. Safety there is a whole issue there, because of protection, and safety of your own life. There is no place where you are safe, even the police there are drunk most of the time, while they are working, and will try and pull people over to get them to give them money for them (the police) to buy more alcohol.
The situation there was terrible, and trying to connect it to a physical presence i feel requires me again to construct the cut glass in cement. The Rungu, which i am still working on (believe me, it takes a long time and quite a bit of effort to construct an object such as that) and the cut glass in cement, will both be in the photographs as well, in context as to which they would play in everyday life in Kenya.
My newest thoughts on these constructed pieces involve me taking photographs of me interacting with only one of these objects at a time, such as suggested during mid-term critique. An example of what i mean would be playing soccer with the plastic bag ball that i constructed earlier in the year. These shots would be in the moment, and i would want to be the one playing with the object, so i might get someone to take these photographs for me.
I thought of some of the objects in their context to life here: the dirt would be on the road, like pavement, the rungu would be in court/at a courthouse, and the plastic bag soccer ball would be on a field, and this is the direction i feel most drawn towards.

Artist Blog: Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist, photographer, and environmentalist sculptor that lives in Scotland. He studied at the Bradford College of Art in fine art, who was born in Leeds in 1956. His work is heavily nature based, and his pieces often involve time in almost unrealistic scenes, and outstanding outcomes. His pieces remind me of the almost vulnerable nature, in which we enact and react with in a constant basis. His pieces often do not last very long at all, because nature breaks down the pieces. His pieces are of nature, made from nature, and are destroyed and deconstructed by nature.
Here are some pieces that i find extremely inspirational and even though his pieces do not directly relate to my pieces, i still see similarities in between my work and his.
His pieces are heavily focused on nature and its presence on work. Whereas in my work, i also show heavy influence on presence in the world, yet instead of nature and its fleeting way, mine is focused more on the fleeting of me and my identity.
I watched a documentary on Andy Goldsworthy, and just a visual viewing of him and his artwork really inspires me to pursue what i want to do in my own work. I find his pieces also very emotionally reactive, and when i see a piece melt, or change color because of its exposure to sun, i almost breakdown, because of his hidden meaning in the fleeting of nature in our world. This reaction is very similar, i feel, to what i want to react from my artwork, and i urge everybody to pay attention to Andy's work. I find his work somehow inspirational for everybody, and i urge you also to watch documentaries on his work, because of his outlook on life, and nature.

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