Proposal
The human body contains a lattice of living fractals, a frame work structure of bones that support our flesh and muscle hung with tendons and webbed through with nerves and veins. When a person views a human skeleton they are never in doubt that what they see was once a living being. Without the tissue it supported it becomes more of a symbol than a structure, a symbol of what it means to be human, what it means to live and die and its image arouses a primitive energy inside us that lingers from the dawn of man. We recognize our physical anatomy and within us a microcosm. While exploring its beauty and its grace we’re given an opportunity to discover something new about ourselves and the world around us. Through its exploration we can uncover new truth, feel new spiritual movement and find an access point into our relationship to both ourselves and one another. My goal during the first portion of this studio class is to explore this microcosm and find within the fractals an honesty that’s fresh and bold and celebrates life, death and the human form. I intend to use a multitude of printing processes in the darkroom applied direct to silver gelatin, RC coated paper a minimum of 8”x10” via photogram. Some of the tools used will be x-rays negatives, ink, vellum and chemical applications. I’d like to have three peer and/or teacher based, in progress critiques during the process of creating this body of work however in the overall scheme of the class this body of work will consist of only the first third of the semester and the final critique for these pieces will be the classes first critique day where I will present a minimum of five images ready for (but not yet) mounting, framing and presentation.
Joseph Winstead
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