Critical Analysis

As I walked up to Ari Hendershot inside the bus stop at Alfred State, it was not difficult to understand what she was doing, but the challenge was to figure out why she was scrubbing the bus stop floor. I feel her piece was a lot like mine in the sense that we were both spending unnecessary time on something that could be completed so quickly only if we had a different tool to use. Also, we both were doing a task for three hours where the results would quickly disappear. For me at least, I felt that we both tried to embraced nonsense.

While observing Ari, one thing that stood out was where she left her bag and shoes. They were placed right outside the bus stop and it almost seemed like she could have been walking along the sidewalk, on her way to get to "work", and when she was done with her job she'd pick it up and leave. If I were to see this happening (like it most likely did), it would give me as a viewer a clear understanding of the beginning and end to the piece.

Three Hour Endurance Performance Piece

Endurance Piece

I, Jessie Simmons, will be using a tweezer to remove as many hairs on my legs as possible within 3 hours on Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 8 AM to 11AM. This endurance performance piece will occur in the Cohen Studio on top of a layer of white paper. I may continue on to my armpits if time permits. I will talk to you if you want to talk to me.

Two minuet sound Sonic Cougar

Sonic Cougar Presents "This Might Sound Like Shit But Its Really Good." Coming out of the den with the mission to sonically Maul your ears.

Sonic Postcard

Sonic Postcard from Jessie Simmons on Vimeo.

Kinetic Sculpture: "Inconstant Resolution"

"Inconstant Resolution" is a performance piece that revolves around a kinetic sculpture. The preformance is based on the adage"drawing a line in the sand."

Automata

A Personal Record of Time

To illustrate time without a clock, I decided to log the motions and evolutions of clouds for a period of time. I did quick gestural drawings of clouds as they passed by throughout the day.

Using tracing paper as an element in my personal record of time was significant in that I was able to represent progression and development as time passed. I layered other smaller pieces of tracing paper over the original drawing as the clouds shifted and altered.