Project 3

I changed my mind about my final project and I am taking it in a completely different direction. I decided to go with something a little less literal, focusing more on the mood of a song rather than the lyrical content. I chose a song by the artist Helios, the track "Coast Off" but really the whole album Eingya has become a huge part of my process. It's interesting how an album that I've been familiar with for a few years has suddenly become entirely new when approached in different states of mind and situations.



I've also been exploring artists that use soft materials in their works. One I like in particular is E.V. Day. This is her Whitney Biennial piece, entitled Bombshell:

I find the way Ms. Day shreds pieces and reconstructs them as a different form of themselves really fascinating. She's doing a series for the New York Opera House that uses old costumes:


After I had sort of conceived of this idea for my project, I found an abstract landscape painter named Steve Slimm. A few of his paintings use the color palate I was considering exactly:


Just in case you're curious (and you should be!), here's a few more of my favorite tracks from the album Eingya by Helios: