My little garden_artistic statement and documentary

 

Analogue is in everywhere. It does not particularly point to any scientific field. It is not just about the sound wave, camera, computer or video tape but existing in our daily life. It is the world we are living in. Living things on earth including human have that same pattern of life. New born life will eventually come to its end but the death will become part of the nutrition for growing up a new life. The whole ecosystem is operating in an endless cycle. Vine is used for symbolize the analogue life which is continuous and energetic. Our ages and memories keep changing and accumulating in a constant way. Even though we will die finally, our blood and DNA as well as our thought and spirit will be inherited by our descendants.

 

As the analogue world is so amazing and beautiful that makes us want to explore it by imitating its outstanding features. This is also the idea of analogy, meaning similarity and comparison. Of course it is for our better life, yet deeper knowledge can be obtained through the process of imitation. However, no matter how similar the copy is with its origin, it cannot replace the real thing. Instead, it is more controllable by human and we can manipulate it with our thought, moreover, we can even develop new elements on it. That’s why I put a metal wire plant with the real vine into the box, which made a comparison but at the same time it is a new creature the combining two very different things together. I did not just make an artificial vine, but also added a flower on the top. Those words on the petals are the key words of what I think about “analogue”. I can do whatever I want with the metal plant. It is somehow like a vine but actually it is not just a vine. It contains my thoughts and emotions.

I brought the plant from a market and took care of it every day.

 

Then I cut half the height of the card box and put foam inside the box in order to make the walls thicker.

 

I painted the patten of brick on the surface.

 Metal wires were used for twisting the shape of artificial plant.



 

After that, I made a small basket as a container for the folded paper flowers. Also, I cut some leaf shapes from color papers and wrote words on it. A hand draw straw man was stuck on the back of the basket.

Finally, all the stuff were put together in the box. My little garden is done!

 

Final proposal of my Intergrated studio project -- Little Garden(temporary title)



A sketch for the proposed artwork

 

A sketch for detail description and design of the artwork.

Idea and concept

I would like to apply the continuity, the feature of analogue signal and analogy between things, the concept of the word itself as my motif of the project. I also borrow the notion from growing vines for the sake of exploring the relationship and connection between people and our living environment.

Description of the artwork:

I planned to combine drawing, writing, sculpture and a little bit photographs in my artwork. Why I call it Little Garden is because I want to plant the actual vines in the box as a part of my artwork in order to present the idea of "analogue life" which means the continuity of the living things. On the other hand, I would like to create some artificial metal vines  that imitates the form of real vine and present the analogy of arificial life and the nature. It can also be the brace for the growing vines. The box is divided to 3 levels. The lowest level of the box is foam which is used for firming the steel wires. The second level is containing soil for planting vines. Besides, a piece of wooden/ plastic card board will be placed between the layers and the vines are planted in a seperated small flowerpot which is buried in the soil. The third level will be the uppest part of the box that is visible to the audiences.

The front of the cardbox is installed a small rectangular box without cover which is supposed the volumn is 20X15X10cm cube. Inside the mini box, there will be plenty of leaf-shaped papers in white color, a glue, a green color pen and a silver color pen. Audiences can use those tools provided in the box to draw and write and even attach something they on the papers, and then they can stick the paper leaf on the metal vines.( I am still wondering whether it is better to use strings to hand the leafs.) Moreover, I will add some inscription of how to use the tools next to the mini box so that audience can follow the instruction and they are encouraged to play with the box. In addition, I want to redesign the cardbox as it would be boring if it is just a normal cardbox. But I don't want to make it become too colorful and complicated, instead I prefer to make it simplier as I want audiences pay more attention to the artwork inside the box. Therefore I will do some paper cutting works on the cardbox which is demonstrated above.

Dimension of the artwork:

I think the size of Little garden will be controlled in 1 metre height and the width will definitely not longer than the width of the box.

Materials:

-cardbox(given)
-metal wires(silver color)
-vines(plant)
-small flowerpot
-wooden/plastic board(thin)
-foam board(thick)
-paper(white)
-glue
-pens(green and silver)

Futher Research for "Analogue"

This time I focus on finding some inspirable artworks related to analogue.

 Analogue Art Map
http://analogueartmap.blogspot.hk/

 

Visitors to the exhibition were invited to pin a note, a drawing, a business card or anything else representing themselves to the gallery wall. Using wool provided, visitors were then asked to "hyperlink" themselves to other visitors present on the wall that they new. If you did not know anyone, you were encouraged to meet someone in the Gallery or at the bar new to link up to.

 

 

 



 

Well, I have seen my peers introduced this art exhibition in their post. However, I really want to show it here because it affected me a lots when I was thinking about my proppsal for my artwork. I am willing to provide more chances of intereaction to the audience with my artwork.
 http://analogueartmap.blogspot.hk/

Bartek Elsner
(http://www.bartek-elsner.de/paperblog/)

Bartek Elsner's paper sculptures are very creative that most of them imitate objects in reality. The TV, VHS & Tape and Mini - Ghettoblaster  are presenting some features of analogue devices such as the emission and reception of electric waves. The Branch and The Tree are representing the analogue world.

TV, VHS & Tape

 



Mini - Ghettoblaster 2012

The Branch

The Tree

 The two artworts above is giving me some ideas of how to use paper to make plant sculpture. I am quite interested in it.

Paper-Cut Action Silhouettes by David A. Reeves
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/09/paper-cut-action-silhouettes-by-david-a-reeves/
This one is my favorite among the whole series.

Analogue graphics and photographs by David Hockney
http://www.hockneypictures.com/home.php

Prehistoric Museum Near Palm Springs, 1982

Pearblossom Highway, 11th-18th April 1986

 

Still Life Blue Guitar, 1982

 

 

Three Kings and a Queen, 1961



I also found a article discussing the digital art and analog art as references.

Digital Vs. Analog in Art by Bill Brown
http://www.ehow.com/about_6323970_digital-vs_-analog-art.html
Digital technology is engulfing all aspects of contemporary life, and the art world is no exception. Analog art forms such as painting, sculpture and film-based photography are more frequently either combined with or replaced by digital processes. Even in areas such as documentation of art, digital technology is having an impact. Many artists combine digital technology in their art process, either in creating the artwork or in using digital technology to create a finished piece, such as a giclee print.

Definitions

• Analog art is any art where the material making the art is manipulated by hand, like paint. You can control any portion of it. Digital is constituted of many individual pieces of electronic information--such as pixels, in the case of digital photography--which cannot be further broken down.

Analog Art Forms

• Painting, sculpture, printmaking from ink and film photography are considered analog. These are the traditional fine arts, made from tangible materials that are manipulated by hand or with simple tools

Digital Art Forms

• Online art and digital photography are digital art forms. More and more artists are incorporating the web either to make their art or distribute it. Some artworks now only exist as online entities, and have no physical presence except for what you see on the computer screen.

Combining Digital and Analog

• Sometimes digital and analog forms are combined in the creation of a work. For example, a painting done in acrylic is scanned electronically, rendering a digital image, which can be manipulated with a photo editing program. A high-quality
  giclee print of the painting can then be printed from digital image. Some giclee prints are printed onto primed canvas to re-create the look of the original painting. Many artists use computer tools to either capture or create images which are then produced in analog form.

Documentation and Distribution

• Artists used to have to take slides of their artwork using film cameras. This entailed shooting (and often reshooting) artworks and distributing individual slides, which were seldom projected. Digital photography makes it easier to get high-quality images and distribute them to galleries or place them online for viewing.

First Online Process Diary (research + proposal)

Dictionary:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/analogue

an·a·logue also an·a·log

n.

1. Something that bears an analogy to something else: Surimi is marketed as an analogue of crabmeat.

2. Biology An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.

3. Chemistry A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element.

adj.

1. often analog Of, relating to, or being a device in which data are represented by continuously variable, measurable, physical quantities, such as length, width, voltage, or pressure.

2. often analog Computer Science Of or relating to an analog computer.

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[French, analogous, analogue, from Medieval Latin analogus, from Greek analogos, proportionate; see analogous.]

Sources:

 

When we talk about ‘analogue’, we always think of electronic devices instantly. In fact most of them elate to the analogue signal.

What is analogue signal?

Here is a video simply describes the analogue signal.

Most the time we make a comparison between analog and digit.
The Analogue and The Digital: Chris Staley, Penn State Laureate 2012-2013

 sound as example:

Definition from WiKi( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_signal )

An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e., analogous to another time varying signal. For example, in an analog audio signal, the instantaneous voltage of the signal varies continuously with the pressure of the sound waves. It differs from a digital signal, in which a continuous quantity is represented by a discrete function which can only take on one of a finite number of values. The term analog signal usually refers to electrical signals; however, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other systems may also convey analog signals.

An analog signal uses some property of the medium to convey the signal's information. For example, an aneroid barometer uses rotary position as the signal to convey pressure information. In an electrical signal, the voltage, current, or frequency of the signal may be varied to represent the information. Any information may be conveyed by an analog signal; often such a signal is a measured response to changes in physical phenomena, such as sound, light, temperature, position, or pressure. The physical variable is converted to an analog signal by a transducer. For example, in sound recording, fluctuations in air pressure strike the diaphragm of a microphone which induces corresponding fluctuations in the current produced by a coil in an electromagnetic microphone, or the voltage produced by a condensor microphone. The voltage or the current is said to be an "analog" of the sound.

An analog signal has a theoretically infinite resolution. In practice an analog signal is subject to electronic noise and distortion introduced by communication channels and signal processing operations, which can progressively degrade the signal-to-noise ratio. In contrast, digital signals have a finite resolution. Converting an analog signal to digital form introduces a constant low-level noise called quantization noise into the signal which determines the noise floor, but once in digital form the signal can in general be processed or transmitted without introducing additional noise or distortion. Therefore as analog signal processing systems become more complex, they may ultimately degrade signal resolution to such an extent that their performance is surpassed by digital systems. This explains the widespread use of digital signals in preference to analog in modern technology. In analog systems, it is difficult to detect when such degradation occurs. However, in digital systems, degradation can not only be detected but corrected as well.

• Analog device, apparatus that operates on analog signals
• Analog clock, a clock or watch that represents time by position on a dial
• Analog computer, a computer based on continuous electrical or mechanical phenomena
• Analogue electronics, circuits which use analog signals
• Analog photography, photography in which the image is recorded as an analog (as on film)
• Analog recording, audio or video information recorded as an analog signal
• Analog television, television picture and sound information encoded and transmitted as an analog signal
• Analog verification, the act of verifying that an analog circuit will function as expected
• Analog video

·         Other Scientific field of analogue:

Analogy (biology)

In biology, an analogy is a trait or an organ that appears similar in two unrelated organisms. The cladistic term for the same phenomenon is homoplasy, from Greek for same form. Biological analogies are often the result of convergent evolution.

 

The classical example of an analogy is the ability to fly in birds and bats. Both groups can move by powered flight, but flight has evolved independently in the two groups. The ability to fly does not make birds and bats close relatives. The opposite of analogy is homology, where the ability or organ in question has been inherited from a common ancestor. The British anatomist Richard Owen was the first scientist to recognise the fundamental difference between analogies and homologies, and named them.^[1]

 

Chemistry:

 

Structural analog

In chemistry, a structural analog (structural analogue), also known as chemical analog or simply analog, is a compound having a structure similar to that of another one, but differing from it in respect of a certain component. It can differ in one or more atoms, functional groups, or substructures, which are replaced with other atoms, groups, or substructures. A structural analog can be imagined to be formed, at least theoretically, from the other compound.

Despite a high chemical similarity, structural analogs are not necessarily functional analogs and can have very different physical, chemical, biochemical, or pharmacological properties.

 

Functional analog

Functional analogs (functional analogues), are compounds that have similar physical, chemical, biochemical, or pharmacological properties. An example of a functional analog (and structural analog) is morphine and heroin. Functional analogs are not necessarily also structural analogs with a similar chemical structure. Examples are classes of drugs that have a similar mechanism of action.

 

Analogue vs. analogy

http://grammarist.com/usage/analogue-analogy/

-An analogy is (1) a similarity between two things that are otherwise dissimilar, and (2) a comparison based on such a similarity. An analogue (now usually spelled analog in North America) is something that can be likened to something else by analogy.

Videos of brief introduction of analogy:

part one

part two (types of analogy)

Analogy is the core of cognition

 

 

Analogue and analogy are actually talking about two very different fields that the former is more about the scientific field and the latter is more relating to literature and thinking system.

 

Analogy  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analogy )

(from Greek ἀναλογία, analogia, "proportion") is a cognitive process of transferring information or meaning from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process. In a narrower sense, analogy is an inference or an argument from one particular to another particular, as opposed to deduction, induction, and abduction, where at least one of the premises or the conclusion is general. The word analogy can also refer to the relation between the source and the target themselves, which is often, though not necessarily, a similarity, as in the biological notion of analogy.

 

Analogy plays a significant role in problem solving such as, decision making, perception, memory, creativity, emotion, explanation and communication. It lies behind basic tasks such as the identification of places, objects and people, for example, in face perception and facial recognition systems. It has been argued that analogy is "the core of cognition".^[3] Specific analogical language comprises exemplification, comparisons, metaphors, similes, allegories, and parables, but not metonymy. Phrases like and so on, and the like, as if, and the very word like also rely on an analogical understanding by the receiver of a message including them. Analogy is important not only in ordinary language and common sense (where proverbs and idioms give many examples of its application) but also in science, philosophy and the humanities. The concepts of association, comparison, correspondence, mathematical and morphological homology, homomorphism, iconicity, isomorphism, metaphor, resemblance, and similarity are closely related to analogy. In cognitive linguistics, the notion of conceptual metaphor may be equivalent to that of analogy.

Analogy has been studied and discussed since classical antiquity by philosophers, scientists and lawyers. The last few decades have shown a renewed interest in analogy, most notably in cognitive science.

References:

 

Analogical Thinking

http://www.warwick.k12.pa.us/teacherweb/module.php?id=2334&tid=440

Definition: taking ideas from one context and applying them to another context to produce a new idea (used in music composition, cartoons, science and inventions, literature, movie-making, television, Broadway, architecture, clothes design, etc.)

Direct Analogy:
Think of ways that related problems have been solved.
Examples: Sir March Isumbard Brunel solving the problem of underwater construction by watching a shipworm tunnel into a timber, and of Alexander Graham Bell inventing the telephone receiver on the model of the human ear.

Personal Analogy:
Make yourself part of the problem to imaginatively create a new perspective.
Examples: What would you be if you were a dazzling dinner for important guests. Think of yourself as an extremely efficient floor mop. If you were a checkbook, how would you keep from getting lost?

Fantasy Analogy:
Think of a fantastic, far-fetched perhaps ideal solution, which can lead to creative yet practical solutions.
Examples: How can we make a carriage propel itself - car? How can we make a perfect drain, which can eat up bones or waste - disposal?

Symbolic Analogy:
requires applying an imaginary comparison of the problem to something else
Example: a vision of a snake swallowing its own tail gave the Dutch physicist Kekule a key insight into the benzene molecule.

 

Analogic Invention

http://wiki.mbalib.com/zh-tw/%E7%B1%BB%E6%AF%94%E5%8F%91%E6%98%8E%E6%B3%95

-It is the thinking process of defining the similarity and difference between things.

 

 

A Proposal to briefly introduce the idea and concept of my integrated studio project:

 

I would like to apply the continuity, the feature of analogue signal and analogy between things, the concept of the word itself as my motif of the project. I also borrow the notion from growing vines for the sake of exploring the relationship and connection between people and our living environment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vine-1.jpg