Performance Proposal

I, Briana Biron, will fold as many origami cranes as possible between the hours of 8 am and 11 am on Thursday April 22, 2010. This endurance piece will take place in the Openhym lobby. I will not be able to talk or text anybody the entire time. I will be able to move around as long as I remain in the room.

Automata

With spring in the air, I was inspired to base the theme of my automata on the environment around me. My piece portrays a pinwheel, similar to one that may be found in a garden. Because of this, I used bright colors on the exterior of my automata in order to represent the beauty of springs floral abundance. Following this same idea, the interior of my piece has dark colors, mainly of which is green. This simply represents the rebirth of the green foliage as spring quickly replaces the layers of snow and ice, with the extraordinary variety of excellence provided by Mother Nature.
My automata is mainly constructed of cardboard. Other materials also include paper, wire, and wooden rods. My final product is very successful because it is attractive, and it also functions smoothly.

Personal Way of Keeping Time

Being an art major, most of my days are spent working on different artworks. When assigned this project, I immediately began to think of all the different ways that my life revolves around art, and the different mediums with which I work. Because I am currently in the color course, in which we are working with paint, I decided to base this project off of the frustrations that occur while working with paint. Like the saying, “It’s like watching paint dry”, it can be irritating when I always need to take breaks while working with paint in order to let the paint dry so I can add another layer. Thus, I determined that I would personally keep track of time by adding a layer of paint at every hour and half hour of the day. I have also chosen to assign the different times individual colors as listed below:




12: Red

1: Red- Orange

2: Orange

3: Orange- Yellow

4: Yellow

5:Yellow- Green

6: Green

7:Green- Blue

8: Blue

9: Blue- Violet

10: Violet

11: Violet- Red

I added a single layer of paint for each hour and half hour throughout the day for twenty-four hours. Also, I periodically took pictures during this time. My final product was approximately 1/16” thick.