Manifesto

Artist Statement

Are manifesto is very broad and allows many interpretations of how to explore
and present art. If a piece of art explores are mediums and the senses through its
presentation then it is a part of this movement. This movement is trying to enable a
greater connection between art mediums and the senses they use. Several art mediums
only involve one sense but when we partake of art are minds think and recall various
sensations and memories. This led us to the piece for the manifesto.
Our piece begins with each member of the group viewing a piece of art (which
the audience can’t see). While they view the art a montage of visuals and sounds are
presented on a screen behind them. Each member has their own montage. The montage
represents what they are thinking while they view the art. Next we will then give the
audience sticky notes and explain that we want them to create, write, art with their sticky
note when we show them the piece of are we were viewing. The audience will then have
2 minutes to be inspired by the art and produce something onto the sticky note and put
this sticky note on the white board. We then will discuss with the audience how we are
influenced by what is around us and how this affected them in their creation. Also, we’ll
observe the similarities and differences in the audience’s art and the manner in which
they assembled their art together.
Also, our piece sought to explore connections between the physical and the
metaphysical. Also, it was exploring how are thoughts are shaped by what we sense
around us. When coming up with this idea we were influenced by the piece which first
inspired Melissa (which was Trey McIntyre’s The Sun Road). We then we all influenced
by countless memories and thoughts which fueled our discussion. We were also
influenced by the reading with the discussion of remixes since our thoughts are remixing
sensations from are past influenced by are present. Also, we were each influenced in the
creation of our montage which we will each briefly describe.
Jeff: For my movement manifesto montage, I immediately thought of a baseball
when seeing the sphere. Once the image became a baseball to me, I pictured scenes from
one of my favorite films, Moneyball. I saw the scenes where we saw in slow motion
various shots of batters at the plate swinging at a pitch. From this, I found different slow
motion shots of a batter, catcher, outfielder, and pitcher all with the baseball. Also, the
shot of the catcher is from this year’s World Series, where my favorite team, the Giants
won! This is my thought process when looking at the original image of the sphere.
Melissa: The process I went through when creating my montage was I first made
a list of my thought train when I saw the images. The image first made me think of the
pixar short Red’s Dream which is a unicycle, which made me think of the Boise Art fair,
which made me think of lemonade, summer wind, tumble weeds and of New Mexico,
coyotes and their howling, moon, rockets, an observatory, then Bruno Sand Dunes,
etc. For my montage I didn’t even complete the whole list I made since my montage
was getting lengthy. Most of this train of thought I listed are made up of memories and
associations which my mind quickly connects and jumps through. My montage is a

demonstration of how the minds trail of thought can be sparked by one thing and then led
through a series of memories and thoughts to something completely different.
Claire: My montage reflects the tangential associations my mind makes when
introduced with a thought, memory, or idea. My train of thought when I initially saw
the triggering art piece was very similar to my representation; I was reminded of
music, lyrics, sounds, smells, particular moments in time and emotions. Each of these
associated memories led to the next in a way that makes absolute sense to me. I think it is
fascinating how this montage could have gone on indefinitely.
Josh: My montage artist statement: Whenever I first come in contact with other
art, my thought process is thinking of objects or things that are similar to that image. As
I keep looking at the art, over time, I start to see meaning behind the art. My montage
starts out with random spherical objects and transitions to the theme that every person has
darkness and light in them. This was primarily based on the shadows and light that are on
the sphere.

P.S. The inspirational piece of art will be posted after the presentation so as not to
be a pre-influencer.