The Crimson Giant and The Tower of Babel, bound!

[Marie Wintzer]

I'm glad I sent all the chapters to Cheryl, she's the master of all boekies. I LOOOVE the binding, and it even comes with a hardcover! Needless to say I could never have done this myself. Thank you for this great present! And thank you to everyone who sent in their chapter(s), Cheryl, Bifidus, Sloan and Batgirl.

[De Villo Sloan]

We had great discussions about all The Crimson Giant chapters here at IUOMA. They're buried somewhere. In terms of concept - I was exploring Litsa Spathi's Fluxus Poetics - that suggests the act of creating a poem (a kind of performance) is really part of the poem - far more than words on a page. I was talking to Erni Baer from Germany about the shotgun paintings by William S. Burroughs where he fired a gun at canvases and boards to make the pieces. That's the concept part. I was also so ANNOYED with Cheryl at the time I poked holes in paper and mailed them to her in lieu of a real chapter - although it turned out to be the chapter. She did a great blog on this. She also sent me a piece called "Attack" which is very similar in approach.

[Wilma Duguay]

Did De Villo Sloan realize the impact of making empty spaces OR was it done by mistake?

Empty spaces in an installation, etc. are vital to the overall composition of a piece.

[Marie Wintzer]

Wilma, those holes were made by DVS's own fingers.

[Marie Wintzer]

I still have Crimson-Nostalgia, it was indeed a great project, there was something special about it.

[Wilma Duguay]

De Villo Sloan,

I'm pleased that you recognize that "empty spaces" are as important as "full spaces."

Never forget "balance."

 

 

-Wilma

[De Villo Sloan]

Yip, "In the beginning was the hole..." Oh, and this is absolutely GORGEOUS - what a project.

[Marie Wintzer]

I think the whole hole business started with THAT very hole.

[De Villo Sloan]

Check out the hole in the bottom scan. That hole is art.