My final project is titled
Natural Materialism, incorporating expensive merchandise into the land.
This project is a walk through my materialist life. I have a huge problem buying ridiculously expensive footwear and I have an even bigger problem wearing them out where they might get dirty. So this is a spin on that idea, by integrating the shoes into the earth. What made this even better is that the weather was miserable so it was rainy and wet. The shoes were even more disgusting and the underlining idea even stronger. I think this project showed me how silly it is to spend so much money on things you walk in, although I don’t see me stopping any time soon.
The idea to have a new shoe in a different location fueled from Mr. Birchett’s work with the white dresses. I knew I wanted to make it like a ‘journey’ so I felt that each location is another stop on this journey that I am on. I also tried to use a mix of different shoes to show diversity in styles.
The money was used to represent the amount of money that is spent on buying shoes. The rain was ruining the money representing that the money spent on the shoes was literally going down the drain.
The acorns were very important. Acorns are fairly common and they grow on trees, as opposed to the common saying, “money doesn’t grow on trees.” There are an abundance of acorns, but clearly not as much money in the world. The acorns are the basis of this piece as representing the desire to have as much money as acorns.
In Lucy Lippard’s text, she talks about the interaction between nature and culture. I feel like our culture is all about buying things. Take now for instance, the economy is dying because we are not buying as much as we used to. It is sad to know that we depend so much on material.
Also in her text she writes, “Immateriality and impermanence were the two prime esthetic strategies designed to combat overemphasis on ‘precious objects…’” This was a neat in comparison to my final project because it talked about the need to deemphasize ‘precious objects’ in our life, and in my case shoes.
I really like this one. It took be a long time to get the shoe to stay in the tree, but I like how it turned out.
This was another one of my favorites because I really liked how it ended up looking on the rock. Also the coins worked nicely in the photos as well.
This one is my absolute favorite. The red shoe pops the most out of all the shoes. I love how the heel is on the money because it looks like someone is completely unaware of the value of money.
I hope you guys enjoyed my final project. I had a lot fun thinking of an idea and then going out and creating it. Please comment with your thoughts.
This project is a walk through my materialist life. I have a huge problem buying ridiculously expensive footwear and I have an even bigger problem wearing them out where they might get dirty. So this is a spin on that idea, by integrating the shoes into the earth. What made this even better is that the weather was miserable so it was rainy and wet. The shoes were even more disgusting and the underlining idea even stronger. I think this project showed me how silly it is to spend so much money on things you walk in, although I don’t see me stopping any time soon.
The idea to have a new shoe in a different location fueled from Mr. Birchett’s work with the white dresses. I knew I wanted to make it like a ‘journey’ so I felt that each location is another stop on this journey that I am on. I also tried to use a mix of different shoes to show diversity in styles.
The money was used to represent the amount of money that is spent on buying shoes. The rain was ruining the money representing that the money spent on the shoes was literally going down the drain.
The acorns were very important. Acorns are fairly common and they grow on trees, as opposed to the common saying, “money doesn’t grow on trees.” There are an abundance of acorns, but clearly not as much money in the world. The acorns are the basis of this piece as representing the desire to have as much money as acorns.
In Lucy Lippard’s text, she talks about the interaction between nature and culture. I feel like our culture is all about buying things. Take now for instance, the economy is dying because we are not buying as much as we used to. It is sad to know that we depend so much on material. 
Also in her text she writes, “Immateriality and impermanence were the two prime esthetic strategies designed to combat overemphasis on ‘precious objects…’” This was a neat in comparison to my final project because it talked about the need to deemphasize ‘precious objects’ in our life, and in my case shoes.
I really like this one. It took be a long time to get the shoe to stay in the tree, but I like how it turned out.
This was another one of my favorites because I really liked how it ended up looking on the rock. Also the coins worked nicely in the photos as well.
This one is my absolute favorite. The red shoe pops the most out of all the shoes. I love how the heel is on the money because it looks like someone is completely unaware of the value of money.
I hope you guys enjoyed my final project. I had a lot fun thinking of an idea and then going out and creating it. Please comment with your thoughts.
