[w] Updates

Taken 2017/2018 in the U.S., Germany, Denmark, and Taiwan.

Lexicon:

 

 

 

[w] Personal Collections Updated

I have added 21 new scanned photos and graphics to the page P.C.. These are mostly from Japan, Germany, and the USA. 

 

[w] Recent shots around Taiwan

Recent shots...the one with the man and the flashlight was shot from my window during the only complete power out I've seen since in Taipei. I added it to What's Out There. 

 

[w] Autograph added

Autograph, like a similar work, Self-Portrait, is a work I began in 2011 with no end-date planned. It is interactive, and like Self-Portrait, it requires a lot of contact with friends and strangers and allows me to create work that is not just "personal." I do the action which the work suggests, not the actual creation of the object. That comes with the help of many of the people I meet.

The act of asking for an autograph requires humility and, at first, elevates the signer. After these autographs are signed, one over the other, the names start to disappear into a larger "signature," or a larger form of humility.

 

They start out as this:

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A number of autographs more and they start to fill in:

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And many, many autographs later, singular autographs are not distinguishable, although they still remain.

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The other aspect is personal. I sign the same sheet of paper in the same spot, adding my autograph. Doing this over a long period of time represents different versions of my self, and as it does, my recognizable name starts to disappear.

I should briefly mention and say that these works were inspired by a much earlier work of mine, entitled, Work I Should Have Done, which I signed my name hundreds of times in the same spot, at the same time. The title speaks rather loudly to my self-deprecation at that time, but one that I eventually replaced.

The new page, Autographs, includes four pieces of the newer version of this work in progress that I call Autograph. I hope to expand these few sheets to eight. 

 

[w] What's Out There added

While the main thrust of my photography for "creation" sake is done for my lexicon, Self-Portrait and a number of other projects, I have also loved taking photos of things I want to remember. I don't really see these as compositions, but more as what "taking" photographs suggest they are - captured moments, taken to hold on to.

The ones included on What's Out There are a selection that is representative of what I have seen and how I have seen them. They also make a good case for my interests, though in a more conscious way than those images in my lexicon. The photographs, taken starting in 2006, are from work travel, personal travel, friends, family, and many many miles of wandering/walking. Here are a few that can serve as an introduction:

 

As a quick item of trivia, "What's Out There" is a small nod to the "first" website, which can be seen at: http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html

You will also notice that I took a lot of cues for the design of my [index] page from that "first" page.