Month: March 2024
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Last time I mentioned thinking about the shape of words when I use them in my drawings. That got me thinking about concrete/visual poetry and how that practice takes a similar approach to utilizing the shape of language within the frame of the page. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_poetry Some of my favourite visual poetry and overall favourite language art was made by the poet bpNichol. There’s an incredible archive of bpNichol’s work at bpnichol.ca. This drawing I made this week has a particular focus on how the text could be read and is more direct in using language to connect to experience. But it still follows from…
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I’ve started writing weekly on Substack. My publication is called Langue Verte and I’m using it to explore and connect to my arts process. I’m hoping there will be a happy feedback loop between writing about my work and any associated findings and discoveries I make. You can subscribe here: https://open.substack.com/pub/davinrisk I’ll also be cross-posting the Substack posts to this site because I do still believe in personal websites and a diversity of formats and approaches beyond owned platforms.
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I recently saw some generative imagery made by the artist, teacher, and technologist Zach Lieberman that made me think of the way light reflects on water in motion. I went to Wikipedia (which I do between one and a thousand times per day) to remind myself what that spectral phenomenon is called. Of course… Sun Glitter https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_glitter I’ve been watching a few art competition reality shows recently. The most recent, The Exhibit, has the least overt competition because people aren’t kicked off each episode. The artists are challenged in fairly artificial ways but it’s still compelling just to see artists at…