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Here lies a small example of inherited collections of driftwood, of which there are boxes and boxes, as well as an equal amount of stones, that represent a lifetime of solitary walks made by my father. Such ancient objects contain an energy beyond their matter. They are both a map of a place and a record of time. When they are gathered together in one other place...
they become something else.
Revisiting Andy Goldsworthy's work in Rivers and Tides is a good reminder of the importance of place and the energy and rhythm inherent in natural objects.
Another artist I'm inspired by makes objects and installations from collected items and sometimes difficult to acquire materials that reference complex histories. Fashioned together in a kind of poetic alchemy and listed like a recipe, Dario Robleto's work is more than the sum of its parts:
http://www.acmelosangeles.com/artists/dario-robleto/?view=images
Scroll through his work and take a closer look at Image #27 :
The Melancholic Refuses to Surrender, 2003
Cast and carved bone, charcoal, melted vinyl record of Leadbelly's "The Titanic", broken male hand bones, ground coal, horse hair, dirt, pigments, lead salvaged from the sea, string and rust
11 x 5 x 14 inches
ALSO CONSIDER:
Psychometry!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychometry_%28paranormal%29
Psychogeography!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychogeography
The Toronto Psychogeography Society:
http://www.psychogeography.ca/
One recently published Toronto Flaneur:
http://www.blogto.com/people/2010/05/toronto_through_the_eyes_of_shawn_micallef/
Bric-a-Brac!
As theorized by Dr. Anne Anderson:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/ahvisiting.html
As elaborated by Guelph University's very own John Potvin and Alla Myzelev:
http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calcTitle=1&isbn=9780754661443&lang=cy-GB
To be continued...
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