Mark Here

For our second project, we were asked to create a machine that produced a mark. After Lego Music, I wanted to present something that was more of an in class process than a personal process. Using a notepad with a massive Sharpie attached the class was instructed to "Mark On Me" and "Mark With Me". The notepad circulated around the class well and made its way back to me intact. Some of the marks were humorous, others were simply words. I intended for my project to be an idea that started in my brain and translated itself through others. In my opinion, the essence of art itself follows the same chain of events. An artist thinks, creates, and the audience translates that original thought into their own language. This language then goes on to possibly influence an action, another person, a future piece of art, or maybe it dies right after the viewer moves on. Regardless, the transfer of thought to interpretation is a process that can change fail or succeed and I'd like to work based on this in the future.