{"id":2063,"date":"2017-04-21T16:44:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/?p=2063"},"modified":"2017-04-22T12:51:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T16:51:14","slug":"constrained-collage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/uj\/archives\/2063","title":{"rendered":"Constrained Collage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cEvery athlete, every musician practices every day. Why should it be different for artists?\u201d
\n\u2014 Christoph Niemann<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Creating a collage within constraints is one of the more enjoyable activities within the medium, because it is necessary to throw oneself upon the mercy of pure intuition. I was in the middle of a care-giving day at the Blue Bank Hall yesterday and assigned myself this exercise:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Complete one full-page collage in my journal during Mombo\u2019s two-hour afternoon nap, using only ingredients found in the recycling bin.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I am constantly experimenting, because I find it difficult to pluck a coherent idea from a \u201ccold start,\u201d and so I cultivate a habit of collage experimentation<\/a> to preserve a state of receptivity and to invite the uncanny \u201csynchronicities\u201d from which a more rational concept can be refined. Naturally, my journal is the perfect place to conduct such exercises. I take what I learn from the small format and bring it to larger artworks. What is it that I learn? That, too, is primarily a matter of intuition. I hope to internalize the creative response that each experiment reveals and keep my collage process as subjective as possible. For me, nothing bogs down the making of a collage more than too much rational thinking.
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Untitled (first cause)<\/em><\/strong>
\nconstrained collage exercise by J A Dixon
\n9.5 x 13 inches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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