Last night I had a very interesting discusion with RB Grange about systems and rules. We were speaking about the way our work incorporates these themes, and the way we think about them. We are both quite obsessed with them, but in quite different ways. RB seems to be involved with stripping back the information he receives from around him to its basic rules and principles, where as I am more concerned with fitting myself into already established systems, particularly those created for popular culture. An example of such structure is the film script, an existing story, but it is made up through direction and instruction, it is very clear. Films depict life but the randomness is removed, so our own lives are able to fit into it.
This idea strongly reminds me of the Douglas Gordon work, 'Timeline'. Gordon used significant imagery from within his lifetime to create a picture in accordance to the events that occured during the time period.
Once more research on 'Timeline' has been done, and futher discussions with RB Grange have been held, I will continue this post.
To see more thoughts from RB, visit his blog at www.rbgrange.blogspot.com
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