Last Friday I stood in front of approximately 75 students to give an artist lecture and lead an experimental type workshop. Here's a taste of the awesomeness that ensued. In short, it was amazing and I've got a few hundred pictures to edit. More to come.
I've been invited by my alma mater to give an artist lecture on Friday, September 7.
While I feel extremely honored, it made me question what it is that I'm doing that caused them to ask me to address a group of students getting ready to enter the world of graphic design. Looking back to my very first typography course at Kansas State University and tracing that to the work I'm doing today was enlightening to say the least.
So I've decided to appropriately title my lecture, "What am I doing?" Here's the summary:
"We tend to ask ourselves this question too often — or not nearly enough. It's an uncomplicated question with a complicated answer. In this presentation, Brooke Francesi will disclose her obsession with documenting feet, nonsensical word poems, and magazine cut-outs. She'll invite you to challenge what it means to fail and discuss how one simple question can impact the creative process."
Thanks to Vince Francesi, Hunter Stark, and Victoria Montgomery for their contribution.
How did I get from this, to this, to this?
Failing means you're actually doing something.
I recently participated in a project called Dead Words. The project is best described by the curator, Karen To:"For over centuries, thousands of English words have been created, modified, and removed. Through this blog of lettering, we rediscover and interpret stories of dead words."
My submission for Dead Words helped me realized I'd come full circle to my BFA thesis project and now I'm not only running around take pictures of feet, I'm also cutting obscure words out magazines and ensuring each one has a face.
Who's getting me that pedicure already?
divulse \dahy-VUHLS\ verb: To tear away or apart.
Feet Portraits My Feet series will introduce you to the places my feet go and other feet they meet. Some people take pictures of food. I take pictures of feet. There’s more to come. Enjoy.
A nod to the cheap, fun $5 races my husband and I have been participating in this summer with our friends.
Feet PortraitsMy Feet series will introduce you to the places my feet go and other feet they meet. Some people take pictures of food. I take pictures of feet. There’s more to come. Enjoy.
