Luke Aleckson
Ah, the first post of the New Year! This one would have been more timely last week when the East Coast was in the midst of its 2010 Snow-pocalypse…
Luke Aleckson, Just Do It, Imprints in Snow, 810ft x 850ft (15.7 acres), 2005.
Luke Aleckson‘s statement…
Bookmark / Share / PrintThe desire for ownership & total control is a fundamentally disruptive urge, and a fundamentally human one. Able to either let go or to lose control. To exist in a free zone. A jarring loss of density. Always approaching zero, absolute limits never reached, exponential inflation without resistance. Willing to abstract it all, everything immediately accessible and searchable. The dream of life as data, as a series of controled points, frozen and sorted. One-off but endlessly-accumulating. Recidivist modernists.
That is so amazing!
Your blog reminded me of my years in art school, where I honed my skills as a printmaker. The first five years stressed control of materials and technique. Later in graduate school, I sought to integrate a nice balance between control and accident. Now, as an educator and artist, I spend a lot, figuring out how to lose control. Art is such a wonderful anology for life, equally as intangible and remarkedly elusive. – ralph slatton
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Love your site! This is a wonderful piece of art! xo, Abbey
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