Ismael Dominguez - Materialistic Idea

For the Materialistic project I want to revisit a previous project that did not turn out as planned in a new format. Last Spring I created ceramic spikes that hung from the ceiling in a line just above eye level, a tragic end came to this piece so I would like to create a new version. I am thinking of taking plaster gauze molds off of various parts of a person and creating the broken human figure, similar to my aluminum piece, but out of paper. Hanging down from the ceiling I would like to incorporate wax spikes dangling just above the figure. I would like to utilize some type of dramatic side lighting to cast the silhouette on one of the walls of the gallery to engage the space even more.






I knew that when I started this piece that it was going to be very ambitious, but I did not expect it to be as difficult and time consuming as it turned out to be.
 Why is that? Space takes time to fill or alter so a feeling is invoked when the viewer walks in. Remeber this process and give yoruself more time than not enough to accomplish your goal.
 That being said, I am extremely happy with how the piece turned out and I received many compliments and comments of people coming up to me and saying “I know exactly how that feels” or “I understand that completely”. Hearing this made me like my finished work even more because it was successfully conveying the idea that I had intended. As far as things that I would change about the installation are a few of the things that were mentioned in critique such as making the hanging eyelets smaller so that they can disappear and alluding to falling rather than suspension. I would also add sound, like the tonal humming that Aubree played during critique, something calming, but almost haunting. Lastly, I think that I would either make the hanging grid disappear more or try and activate it in some way. I am not sure how I would accomplish this, but I noticed that people would inevitably view the piece, and then look upward to see how it was suspended so I would like to avoid that or activate it and make it much more intentional. Overall I am very happy with this piece and there are only a few small things that I would change about it just to be able to finesse the completed outcome. 
Right now, I woudl not worry about if people ar elooking up. They are doing that becasue of how intrciate and teh shear volume of monofilament used. there are other ways to make this happen- but it means plotting out exactly where the lines need to be hung in order to make this happen. I think you had an idea of what you wanted the piece to look like- but not how to hang it until you got in the space and fgured it out.

The piece is a success and you should be proud. Learn from this and take that information to the next piece.