Ribecca Ann Hobbs, 25, Sep., 2009

Rebecca Ann Hobbs-25,Sep, 2009

In the beginning of the lecture, Rebecca talked about the apparatus, a still camera, and some images of art works, how the ideas interest and amuse her. “Yves Klein, Leap into the void “ 1960-it’s quite a visual things and the idea related to the subject in movement. I once read an article introduction before from an art magazine about this work. Yves Klein leaps from window into the blue sky because he likes the blue and wishes to catch and engaged himself into the blue. He created a blue which was especially known as Klein blue. The camera captured the temporary action to feeze it becoming a drawing forever. It’s the magic of photography. A series of self-portraits in 2001 in which Rebecca pictures herself with a range of creatures from different species. The photographs have been digitally manipulated to intensify the color. “The Complex Social Group”, “Flight into the Mouth”.... The isolated subject sitting in the center wearing old clothes with a certain stylish awkwardness. The chaos v.s order, things in control or out of control. The relationship between the blurred blue of pigeons and the still image of subject presents an extraordinary weird atmosphere. The series of images, a human and another species-birds, possums, a dog, a squid, a stuffed fox, snails and a spider, inspires my imagination with its metaphoric potential meaning, it’s related to a philosophy issuing-misunderstanding.

The role of research in the process of Rebecca’s work is very significant. Find the context , research and try to understand who is your friend (context) from the visual sign-art. From a starting point with arbitrary to present your idea and represent it. To construct a mind map from a point to another point. The research makes a clear pathway more in depth and more critical to her work. From research to think of the tangents and strategies and plan her art work. During the making and experiment to do the resolution. The resolution in terms of the inside/outside, imagined/real, past/present, still/moving...., to negotiate the space between these observed binaries in a celebratory manner. Aesthetics is important to her works as well. “The Continental Aesthetics Reader” by Clive Cazeaux inspired her and has made a big influenced on her cocept about the beauty. She spent a few years to get it from the book and still likes to make image with beautiful.

The final video with a black man spraying water in a green house. The Dolly moves around the subject with continuity editing. The audience travels and follows the movement of camera and subject. She spent 4 months to organize the film and 6 people to hit it with collaborative work. I can not imagine how can spent such a long time to organize a short film. She is an art worker with very careful manner to organize and proceed her work. At the moment, most of my works create by instinct or randomly. The process of her practice suggests me to make a further development more in depth and broadly. Some times I felt lost during the research for lots of tangents. Just like her talking in lesson, must constantly ask if this relates to my artwork. This is I have to do and develop from more practice and experience.