Saturday, February 11, 2006

modular grid deconstruction, project: {recycled calender}



This calendar addresses the issues of construction, deconstruction, waste and creation, this inventively produced calendar is printed on recycled printed matter. Each month's calendar matrix pushes and pulls at the under lying grid structure that contains the days and weeks. In some cases, the intervals between the modules are expanded and contracted. The secondary logic, is produced with a superimposed grid of geometric shapes that interacts with the typography, alternately building shapes around it and obscuring it with invisible forms. Each individual months and their deconstructions gain added meaning in the context of the printed preexisted image underneath that has been appropriated.

This calendar is a example of what can be done when remixing and appropriating images from different sources. These preexisted images adds a layer of information that reveals a process in the making. I feel in this case that most any appropriated image would work because of the conception of recycled paper and the theme of the calendar being things that are recycled. I think this application of appropriated imaging can be brought over to about any concept you see fit. Another thing I would like to add is that this process yields unexpected results because images are found, and it allows a chance operation to take place.

2 comments:

Courtney said...

This an interesting project, to have the main concept be about recycling, then to have recycled images printed on recycled paper. It all relates to each other in a very environmentally friendly manner. I think there is an issue of legibility with this project because you are forced to see through two layers of information, a calendar that is laid out in months but following varying formats, then also an image. However, I wonder if the artist had some motivation for placing a certain image with a particular design of that month's calendar format. Maybe it is because there isn't much more explanation, but I can't really make out what the connection is between type design and image appropriation (if there is one). However, because the design of this calendar is very unique and eye-catching, i think that if I had it, I would hold on to it as an intriguing artifact of art.

ashleep said...

In a way this calendar reminds me of the "expiration date calendar" that I did for my blog before. They both use a wide variety of ways to represent the dates by using many different typefaces and not having a consistant grid system. Their designs also both seem to be very loose. However, in the recycled calendar, it is difficult to see any unified message that this entire calendar is supposed convey. It is definitely attractive, but I am not too sure what the connection is between the months and the images chosen for each month. Maybe the calendar is just supposed to show the beauty of recycled "trash."