Community Project
The project is defined as the communal making of a future archeological find by – and – with members of the community of Rio Grande, Mexico. We will collectively create a contemporary artwork, for which each participant will be appropriately credited as co-author.
In order to do this I propose to work with groups of learners from a local school to make and inscribe hexagonal clay tablets/ tiles with information related to their personal histories, lives and memories.
The tiles will be coloured with different pigments (oxides) to generate a colourful visual field.
The inscriptions can take a variety of forms, from drawings to text-based information such as personal memories, biographical data, printed textures and forms (such as plants/ objects that have specific significance to them and even parts of their bodies such as their fingers) and so forth.
The clay tiles will then be baked to ensure their material stability and relative permanence.
The tiles will be then be arranged as a symbolic form shaped in the earth and
buried again.
Both the form of the final work and the site of its implementation will decided upon in consultation the learners.
The form of the work should be chosen appropriately to signify its status as a ‘vessel’ of sorts – one that carries information about the community into the distant future.
The process larger process will be photographically documented by myself.
A small plaque with relevant information can be placed on the site to mark it.
In order to do this I propose to work with groups of learners from a local school to make and inscribe hexagonal clay tablets/ tiles with information related to their personal histories, lives and memories.
The tiles will be coloured with different pigments (oxides) to generate a colourful visual field.
The inscriptions can take a variety of forms, from drawings to text-based information such as personal memories, biographical data, printed textures and forms (such as plants/ objects that have specific significance to them and even parts of their bodies such as their fingers) and so forth.
The clay tiles will then be baked to ensure their material stability and relative permanence.
The tiles will be then be arranged as a symbolic form shaped in the earth and
buried again.
Both the form of the final work and the site of its implementation will decided upon in consultation the learners.
The form of the work should be chosen appropriately to signify its status as a ‘vessel’ of sorts – one that carries information about the community into the distant future.
The process larger process will be photographically documented by myself.
A small plaque with relevant information can be placed on the site to mark it.
