It was
certainly a long term project and it was interesting to see how the alterations
Marie added to the photographs changed over that period. Some images maintain
their minimalism, (particularly those done at the beginning of the
collaboration), and, as time progressed,
so did their complexity. These are not
taut, surgical images, rather they retain the organic structure dictated by the
original artworks - books made from clay.
I had intended to do an installation of about 500 clay books (I MAY
still…?) but boredom set in after about book 30. Marie
breathed new life into these clay books, rooted in earth - (a most physical
manifestation thereof ) and they became pieces of data in Ether Realms. These secondary structures, as ethereal as
data are collected and available for download here:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/253274958/Earthly
Forewords:
Made of
Clay.
Taken from
the dust of the earth, these books became something else, data images that
happened in Ether Realms. It’s always trying to breathe new life
into old ideas - like us, they’re never quite ready to die.
Cheryl
Penn
Making books
out of clay,
the work of
a potter [shaping soil into pages]
the work of
a writer [chiseling words out of sodden earth]
the work of
a gardener [growing roots across fields]
the work of
an architect [building stories through dust]
the work of
a musician [composing songs engraved in ether]
The beauty
of those clay books needed no enhancement, their stunning naked aura was
evident to any eyes curious enough to see. But one can always demand more of
books…
Marie
Wintzer
“One can
always demand more of books” - wise words Marie, and I agree wholeheartedly -
they cannot be constrained, forever demanding new readings.
