Monday, August 14, 2023

"Difficult Dessert-Delivery Service"

Here’s the collaboration between E, Ass't Man (AM), and me, so far— a record of its stages.
 
1. BELOW: E got the board started. 
Here she is looking like the cartoon lady, bottom right.


When Asst Man got the board, he said to me, "What am I going to do with this?"
I suggested jellyfish.

2. BELOW, AM's additions:

Two photos of the back of a woman's head; 
two cowboy silhouettes;
and a policeman and a family:

The back of a woman's head... Twice! I too wondered, What am I going to do with this?

But that's the challenge of collaboration.

I was going to try to work in jellyfish myself, but instead went with. . .

3. Difficult Dessert-Delivery

(Em had asked for a prompt, and I'd suggested 'People Living Dangerously'.
And she'd made me a birthday collage with desserts this spring.
So this fits.)

Working with foreign objects is supposed to push you into creative problem solving--and it did. I'm especially proud of having incorporated the woman's head on the right into a jet plane--I seriously considered removing that photo altogether.

Close Ups

The individual sections probably work better than the piece as a whole.

The acrobat hanging from the plane to put a candle in (or to scoop up some of) the cake is my favorite.


BELOW: A spaceship is a bit of a cheat--an expected deus-ex-machina,
but that's okay: it's fun!

We didn't set any rules. We could call this one done, or it could make another go-round. I sent photos  and said if anyone wants to swap, it's ready.

4 comments:

  1. That is grezt- as good as it gets I reckon.
    anymore might ruin it. LOVE this piece of work from y'all geniuses. It is so difficult to work with others I fine - especially on art projects- collaborations...Maybe I am too controlling. Art becomes too precious for me and I am afraid to move...Anyway, this is an excellent piece. all of it!

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    1. Thanks, LINDA SUE!
      I agree—it’s cluttered enough —there’s still some open space—but anymore images would cramp, I think.
      But if either of the other two want to carry on, I don’t mind.
      (Could use some clean up.)

      Definitely collaboration is hard, emotionally— to accept people changing your stuff. Eek.
      I knew AM would be upset if I went so far as to remove a photo he’d added, so I didn’t.
      But it’s better if everyone is robust enough to weather such loss.
      But I’d be upset if the acrobat hanging from the plane got wiped out.

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  2. Collaborative work is fun..and challenging!

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  3. GZ: Yes, it's good! And hard. And 'good and hard'!

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