Tutoring
Tutoring. Graphite and Sharpie on printer paper. 8.5” x 11”.
This drawing is about tutoring in the library. Every day we have over a dozen tutors meeting small groups of students, going over and over what will help them pass the State’s standardized exams. It is drawn in different kinds of pencil, pen and Sharpie, the tools of note-taking. There are various representational elements – library tables and plants, geometric and scientific diagrams. The words are a nonsensical mixture of the words that are patiently repeated day after day. There are two mazes: one is like a lab rat’s maze; the other is like the ancient, circular maze walked by pilgrims for penance. The repetetive lines echo the repetition of words. The picture on the right is a detail, again exploring framing and magnifying.
Alice Anne Ellis
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10:16 AM
3 Comments:
Alice, these drawing are interesting. The birds eye view of the library maps the space in a way that allows me to think of the marks independently of their original source. There are many people that have used mapping as a source or way to "code" their work. I can only think of one at this very minute and it was a stitched (embroidery)drawing of a garden allotment in the UK. I have already posted some of her work so I will try to come up with something else.
Will you go bigger with these? What drawing materials are you useing?
Mary
These drawings echo some of the facinating and terrifying concepts addressed in this article in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/shopping-habits.html?pagewanted=1
Now, if only we could all affectively utilize these concepts elsewhere...
You might look up the work of Mark Lombardi who created diagrams and maps based on real life conspiracies without the use of the internet - just hard core research...
http://www.google.com/search?q=Mark+Lombardi&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvnsob&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=Eco_T8SiDeS-0QHAmYC7Bw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CA4Q_AUoAQ&biw=1436&bih=749
I cannot get the comment section to work: If anybody can help let me know. I type the comment then it brings up the de-coded words then there is no option to send the message. I have tried to just hitting enter but that doesn’t work.
These drawings are great. I enjoy the flowing lines through the piece. I get lost in them...And i have seen you in action in the library and i know what you guys go through with students coming and going and talking and moving it can get crazy. Not to mention the copy machine issues.
-MlMattax
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