In this time of globally evolving media, a social and cultural icon is dying. As computers and mobile phones continue to gain steam in the information age, a truly physical and tangible link to the world as well as our local communities is disappearing fast, the newspaper is soon to become a thing of the past. I propose that over the next few months i will gather newspapers from all over the world. They will be shredded and used to form blocks of pulp representing buildings from a “quintessential” global village. Each building will then be used to create a permanent impression in blown glass which ironically will destroy the original paper form. The result will be preservation of the form of the item, but loss of the information/material that spawned that form both literally and figuratively.
This is the proposal for work I intend to create for a show called "Global Village" that will open in January 2010. For more info on the show go HERE.
If you would like to participate in this project just leave comments, send pictures but most of all send me newspapers. and spread the word around the world!!!
i would like to have ten newspapers from each participating country, so send me ten or send me one and i'll accumulate what i can. i will keep posting a master list of paper's that i have so when i have enough, participants needn't spend more time or money mailing papers. however i encourage people to continue posting comments including pictures of their homes or favorite buildings from their home countries. descriptive information is helpful.
please send newspapers to:
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
ATTN: Marc Barreda
Frederik Roeskestraat 96
1076 ED Amsterdam
Thanks for your support!
Sincerely,
Marc Barreda
Am I supposed to send Hebrew nespapers to (what was the name of that country?) Amsterdam?
ReplyDeleteWhat section do you want? There's not much sports here so you might not want the Sport Section. I don't think you'd enjoy the Fashion Section, I don't even know if they have one.
Anyhow, whattsup Marc?
Spoke with your mom, she sounds great. Miss you guys.
I'll try to send some papers. You gotta read them yourself.
Come visit.
Love,
Fishel
Hey Marc,
ReplyDeleteWhat are you making in the photos? It looks like large mold blown rectangular forms. They remind me of Norman slabs. Do you know about those, the medieval way of making sheet glass? Apparently using a hot poker, the over spill of the top was cut off and then the four sides which were used as flat sheets for cutting and leading. I always love seeing those in production, especially with the tops still on, the organic shape of the tops contrast with the contained regular form that has been formed by the mold.
I thought I had posted a comment, but it has disappeared! I am impressed by the theory behind this project. My husband sold last year a newspaper company that had about 2 newspapers in the South. He did it because, unfortunately, the writing is on the wall. We love the fact that you are going to immortalize through your art this dying and meaningful media form. It is a worldwide phenomenon in the name of "progress". I am impressed by how much thought has gone into this! We are sending a newspaper from Anguilla and St. Martin in the Caribean-British West Indies. We will also get you some papers from England. Best of luck in this fascinating project upon which you have embarked! Best, Ann Bresnan
ReplyDeleteoops, he had over twenty Southern papers...anyway it is not important. What is important is the concept of this dying media fom which has been so vital down through the ages,
ReplyDeleteBest of luck with this exciting project. Warm regards, Ann