CldtlGRS2023

Claudio (missing some parts, will add later)

What? (two sentences)

This Project that may or may not be made is a(n)

ongoing, open, cumulative, fragmented, speculative, recursive, obsessive, endless

gathering, collection, contemplation, exploration, compilation, editing, reflection / speculation

of / on

visual materials/artifacts/outcomes (such as: short video works, appropriated-and-re-edited imagery, drawings, graphic works, short texts)

resulting from the most instinctual/intuitive side of my artistic practice that has always been present alongside my - until now - “main” work, yet never fully embraced, explored, understood.

In this b-side practice of “constant sketching” I recognize some obviously recurring elements, features and attitudes that I would like to further develop, investigate, understand.

Some of these - to be expanded - are:

black and white / monochrome / grayscales structural elements and devices of (mostly digital) images and image-making (pixel grids, screens) seeing and not seeing

minimalism reduction abstraction

loop structures

[…]

Why?

I feel that alongside my “main” practice - which has consisted until now in making self-enclosed, mostly found-footage-and research- based, essayistic video works - I constantly produce a raw, instinctual body of work, which I would define as a constant practice of sketching-and-editing in various forms - (analog and digital) drawings, appropriating imagery through screenshots, making short video fragments mostly in the form of loops, graphic photoshop works - and which until now I have put aside - literally, as a pile of paper on my desk or neglected files on my desktop - as byproducts that are not worth too much attention and less valuable than my “safer” intellectual research-and-theory based work.

I now want to focus more on this b-side of my work, embrace it, and understand its reasons, as I feel it is possibly my most honest, personal and fertile artistic approach and that, also, could turn out out be the most effective one in exploring and delving into the core topics and interests of my artistic practice - that my more intellectual/rational approach often struggles with.

How? (two sentences)

Embracing things - and ways of making them - that I’ve always done, fully unlocking a “make-things-first” approach, trusting the making process and the direction it shows.

It’s likely to be a tough and challenging project for me as it will mean to let go of structures and ways of working that I am used to and that I feel safe and acknowledging and adopting new ones.

Of course I am also interested in situating all of this into a larger context of artistic and theoretical references - which however will come as a consequence rather than a starting point. This could be my thesis (?)

Workflow (two or three sentences)

A step by step workflow - being led by making rather than thinking - making one thing leads to making another and so on A constant practice of sketching, editing, gathering, observing, in loop

What form all of this could take? I don’t know. A multimedia installation? Some kind of artist’s book?

Timetable (Sept 23-July 24) […]

Relation to previous practice (two sentences, draw on Text on Practice)

All of this has always been present in my work, some (scribbling and sketching) even way before even thinking of being an artist of some sorts, yet it has always been left out because - probably - not enough based on theory.

Choices made (two sentences)

Work with an intentionally limited set of “tools” - black and white, short video loops, still images, digital drawings, text, editing softwares.

Let the making and forms guide my research and not vice versa.

RAPID PROTOTYPES

Select existing materials from this practice or produce new ones, upload them on the wiki, catalogue them using at least 3 keywords, write a short description trying to understand what's at stake in them.