Yesterday I took pictures of my dishes after I washed them and set them to dry in my dish rack. Washing dishes is an enjoyable activity for me and as I find it to be a discreet task that I can accomplish quickly. Furthermore, living without a dishwasher (or as the dishwasher), every time I set my dishes to dry, they are arranged in a different way. And that different arrangement - to me - is art.
So yesterday I started to capture that art. I might take pictures with each new ensemble of washed dishes or every day or in some regular way until I stop taking pictures. (I'll keep washing dishes though).
This project is inspired in part by a new friend who took a picture of herself every day for 30 days. She didn't dress up or do anything special for the photos. Instead a photo a day at home for 30 days to capture life as it is lived most of the time.
Some questions I have about the Dishes are:
-Do the dishes I use or the way I place them to dry say anything about me?
-Is each turn of drying dishes a completely unique arrangement?
-What role does the dish rack and/or surrounding area have in the art?
-Will I carry through this Dishes project to a point of completion, however I end up defining completion?
Saturday, April 26, 2008
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