SparkleWorlds- Suburbia and Cyberspace
Sep. 28th, 2003 10:46 amOh Beautiful World, Sparkle World....Been spinning in artmaking and thought.I'm still not clear what I want to do with the screen layering- I've still got to experiment...because I'm NOT happy with how the screen is not 'integrated' with the piece and how the colors get lost, drab, darker when the black screen is placed over.....Might have to try spray-painting the screens in white or green first...something to keep pieces bright. I'm very specific about color these days. Obsessed with certain combinations like a specific pink with a specific green. latex/gloss/plastic....has to look almost toy-like, like a Barbie or Deery Lou wonderland.
I've been researching/reading up on suburban planning/ aka non-planning, artificiality....and cyberspace 'architectures' like the whole Sims phenomena (check out simgallery.net)and AlphaWorld activeworlds.com. Being pulled, can't seem to swallow enough information/images fast enough! Something is definitely trying to come out of me with regards to all this. I keep dreaming these oddly beautiful artworks, in perfect detail, and then when I wake it's so hard to remember all the details. frustrating.
anyhoo. Books I browsed through and wanted to eat at Borders and then inter-library loan ordered:
(1)Variations on a Theme Park:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374523142/qid=1064759961/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-9734640-3946523?v=glance&s=books
(2)Home from Nowhere: amazon link
(3)The New Urbanism: amazon link
(4) Building Suburbia: amazon link
a lil mapping I made:

I've been researching/reading up on suburban planning/ aka non-planning, artificiality....and cyberspace 'architectures' like the whole Sims phenomena (check out simgallery.net)and AlphaWorld activeworlds.com. Being pulled, can't seem to swallow enough information/images fast enough! Something is definitely trying to come out of me with regards to all this. I keep dreaming these oddly beautiful artworks, in perfect detail, and then when I wake it's so hard to remember all the details. frustrating.
anyhoo. Books I browsed through and wanted to eat at Borders and then inter-library loan ordered:
(1)Variations on a Theme Park:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0374523142/qid=1064759961/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-9734640-3946523?v=glance&s=books
(2)Home from Nowhere: amazon link
(3)The New Urbanism: amazon link
(4) Building Suburbia: amazon link
a lil mapping I made:
