Space Lab Show Preparations

 Time as Perceptual is the name of my show at IUS in the Space Lab this Tuesday. I have been reading several theories about time and have chosen ceramic to explore them. Most people who have been in an accident agree that time seemed to have slowed down during the traumatic event. Some theories say that our brain is capable of controlling time because it is perceptual. Others that a rich memory from that event is full of details and when we reflect on it, it may seem to last much longer. Some theories insist that time is universal and that time slowing down is just an illusion.

These are broken pottery pieces embedded in clear plastic resin.

These are spills sculpted out of clay.

These two are hung from fishing line to simulate a frozen moment of an accident.

Filming and Glazing

 

     We filmed the video of my pots breaking today. I am trying to create a video of isolated mundane accidents. Filming the accidents didn't happen without real accidents. I sat a glass of almond milk on top of my husbands car on the way to film. I was going to film the milk splashing but the glass slid down the roof and splashed all over the windows. The top photo is a picture of the aftermath. 

    

 Underneath is a photo of my sliced finger after picking up the broken pottery. I cleaned it up and kept going. 

     
     I'm excited to put the video to music. I have mugs, cups, a bowl, a vase and eggs breaking on film.

 This cup, and two others like it, will accompany the video. I glazed them today and they will be fired this weekend.