Alison

Monday 17th October 16

Presentation by Andi Dakin

Good presentation from Andi today. Inspiring and thought provoking. Andi illustrated what readymades are about and how to explore the genre. We need to form a liason or a bond with an object to enrirely understand its potential for becoming a readymade. An object needs to be looked at from all angles and it can be suprising how with a little imagination ideas will flow.

From my point of view he gave me some ideas on how I might utilise my gravy boat into a readymade. Also Andi suggested we might like to take our chosen objects to various locations to  see if it can generate fresh ideas.

Readymade:    found objects used out of context.

Assisted object:   Much the same as above. Something taken away from normal associations.

Rectified Objects: Either vandalised or improved objects, whichever way it is viewed. As an example Andi showed a Marcel Duchamp image where the artist had drawn a moustache and a goatee beard on a replica of the Mona Lisa.

Specially Fabricated Objects: This is were a ready made is copied. “Air of Paris” originally a readymade by Duchamp was copied several times by the artist to accommodate occasional breakages. To all intents and purposes the same thing but copied.