"It's not your painting anymore.It stopped being your painting the moment that you finished it."
-Jeff Melvoin
I am constantly reminding myself of this truth for the first project.
The reality is this...
My piece is no longer going to be mine...fine.
I will no longer have a say in what they do...errrr fine.
And honestly...
I don't want a say in what they do.
Who am I to tell you how you should interact with art?
What is the point if there are rules?
You may as well be handing over your piece along with
a list of instructions on what to do and what not to do.
Let it go.
3 comments:
Hear Hear. I am eagerly looking forward to the metamorphosis of my piece at the whim of someone else. How will their vision interact with mine. I plan to leave no instructions on what I was trying to convey, I want to experience the evolution in the most natural way possible.
Doesn't it bother you that the purity of your piece, the ability to say "I made that, its my creation" will be lost with a collaboration?
its not the fact that someone is interacting with the artwork, but fundamentally changing it is my concern. Whatever I set out to achieve with the piece will be lost as someone alters it.
But it is yours and you did make....part of it. I have never seen any of my pieces as being "pure" and this one will be no acception.
I see this collaboration as though I was taking inspiration from a book...photo...life experience etc. only this time where the inspiration is coming from is entirely up to another.
How do you know it won't turn out better then expected? Looking at the negatives of the situation is not going to help the fact that your piece will be altered or god forbid touched.
If your piece is strong enough...your vision and direction for it should come through without explanation.
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