2
Mar
2010
I was just touched by this…
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
Charlie Chaplin
I heard a quote – a piano player – she said she is not happy with her reputation as “perfekt” – she relates more to something charlie chaplin said: life is so short, we never get the chance to be anything but amateurs… – I wanted to find this quote – sure – internet… so I found many more…
this one is what I am trying to live up to – - - this is what I wish my art to become…
9
Feb
2010
IT DOESN’T LOOK MUCH ALIKE…
I must say – the images are so different to the real
still – here are images of the people & place at & around the school, all written in our heart
ITHUBA-which means oppertunity
13
Jan
2010
WHITE WASH IN JO’BURG
WHITE WASH XVII
my 2 helpers at work – discussing the matter – & the signation…
it was great to have Prophet JD at my side – he added so many thoughts – & people came to participate & bring their stories & interpretations. we talked about the black and the white as being outside of the rainbow – as non-colors, & as big symbols. we talked about the drama of a finishing coating, and the difference to the daily work of women, the never ending circular movement of housekeeping – and this final cut – the white wash – as we perform it, we talked about the cleansing act that might happen, but we also got critic – because white is a symbol of purety & has such high value, it shouldn’t be used in this context – & the concept was questioned, because there is no way to white wash memory / wrongs, or the past – … it is wrong to keep the memory in things – to freeze them in objects -
… true, sure – as in zen – but it isn’t so easy to live it – to really free yourself from being attached to material things… most of us connect memory to objects, places & smell!
A tub with white paint – the esteemed audience is invited to bring something along for white washing
. The diary like new
. The shirt spotless
. A clean slate guaranteed
An everyday thing will be transformed into an artwork in front of the beholder.
Action art in monochrom white by Cynthia Schwertsik (helped by Prophet JD)
WHEN: January 16, 11 am – 15 pm
WHERE: in Right in the Rim in Arts on Main
(Main Street 243 / Berea Road)
Have a nice day & hope to meet you soon
cynthia
28
Oct
2009
SOUTH AFRICA
so I am going to visit this place – and we will paint and work together – I am much looking forward to it
but now I am packing – trying to adjust the amount of what I want to take – comparing it with what I am aloud to take, and then sorting out what I am able to carry, or just keep under controll – as I am traveling with my 5 year old son – this defines a certan amount of toys and tools for him a load ful of books and his clothes.
after that I pack the materials and the painting equipment
then comes the computer and camera – sunscreen and toothbrush & the things you can’t transport in hand luggage – and here we go – stop -overload…
not to forget the shoes
I am still wondering if there is going to be a slight possibility for me to take at least a change of clothes alsong…
well – I guess this blogg is not going to contain any fotos of me…
17
Oct
2009
preparing for south africa
I am about to go to Johannesburg for 3 months time this is quite exciting, and here I want to post some fotos and tell about the experiance
and I hope to get some feedback and some ideas that will help the project along
I start to put down in words how I am slowly taking off…
Packing – all that is needed for painting – heavy – this will have to be reduced…
and painting with the kids – I want to take things there – it will take to long to find art supplys out nowhere
and the I need to find a mosquitonet & dont forget …
and then some interesting stuff for caspar – he wants to be entertained – well we just hope to find enough there
how much can I carry?
no clothes then! – well …
2
Sep
2009
WHITE WASH in Feldkirch/ Vorarlberg
it is very inspiring to have children as audience – but also scary sometimes, as they tend to pic up the attitude of the grownups around them – funny enough – in this part of the world – they where shocked by the concept that they would get a service for free – WHAT IS IT WORTH IF I DON’T PAY – so I asked them to give me something in exchange – this gives them something to think about. so as things have dried and the kids will pic them up in the next few day’s we will see what they come up with…
30
Aug
2009
off – for the next white wash
I’m trying to get my things packed – tomorrow I’m off to a theatre-festival to white wash – this time for children – let”s see what they think about it…
the packing is a hassle – during the years I have become so reduced, that most of the time I end up having to buy so much – ‘cos it is gonna start raining & definitly lots of weather ahead… and allready so much parafenalia in the bags to entertain the 5-year-old…
another traveling day ahead…
23
Aug
2009
as time goes by – about life
I just realised, that I am a day ahead – never mind – same thing is gonna happen tomorrow morning…. – on weekends mr. 5yearsold will stay in his pyjamas all the time – thats the new invention there – his parents dont mind!
the morning of the 28th – as allways we have to persude our 5 year old to get dressed & to brush his teeth & stop talking, asking all these questions about life the universe & everything – we are just trying to get out of that door….
today 26th – at the moment I am helping to restaur a installation – a piece of art, that consists of very crappy walls and doors – so we have to sand them and repaint them – it makes me wonder – here I am doing pretty dull work – but I will get a small payment, while I should stand in my studio and paint that picture I started, but that I then have to force out into the world and pay for people to look at – strange – where did I go wrong? ….
this one for today – august 25th
“Jesus didn’t come to get you into heaven. He came to bring heaven onto earth.”-Mike Slaughter
so the life in a community – at the chateau Monthelon where I just spent a months residency – where artist create – so much of the time is filled with surviving, and as the years go by I am more and more amazed about the work I have to invest to just keep my body in shape, healthy and rested, look after my loved ones and then – wow – if there still is time to think – for example this week there was a baby born, a suicide and an enormous transit of artist finishing their shows and storing their gear.
a baby born is a wonderful new life – a flower – a sucide is a life we could not support – it feels rotten to have been close and not have been able to hear – or give – or well it does make me think…
15
Jul
2009
… SEEK MY FACE… John UPDIKE
theese words – about modern art- they touch my heart…
They affect me, these literalist sculptures. They tell us something about being human – our vulnerability, mostly. Just our skins – so bald, so easy to puncture…
Dissolving the image … and theres nowhere left to go but parody. … it seems that art has to fumble not to be decadent, it has to be just on the cusp of possible, or we cant’t respond to it as something – heartfelt – it has to be about us, just a skin away from being nothing…. tumbling back into the radiance
about – art rides on money ?
… how can you put them on your wall with a straight face? …
…. “I suppose,… it could be argued that art has no obligation to honor the concept of ownership. It shouldn’t be owned, it should just be.”
“Well, who is going to pay for it to be? What is the point of its just being, if all it does is express the grudges and neuroses of the artist? Where is the transaction?”
5
Jul
2009
white wash
next
white wash service nr.15 http://www.monthelon.org
Berlin – Museum der Unerhörten Dinge
white wash
service nr. 14
here people definitly loved it!
all sorts of people came to join in and find out what it is about – so there was much to talk about…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN0S9USwEzQ
