Tangible v Intangible

Shadow being intangible, and residue being tangible.
What tangible objects or materials can represent this intangible object?
Do these tangible materials represent an intangible matter, such as a shadow?
What is the relationship between tangible and intangible?
Can they work together to form one?
Going back to the concept of a shadow being an inseparable companion.
Can a tangible residue be an inseparable companion?
Can you be tangibly dressed in the residue from an intangible matter?
Can you ‘feel’ dressed in the residue from an intangible matter?
If shadow is the residue of a form and light source, then what is a shadows residue?

What materials leave a residue? And what kind of tangible properties do they have?
Water: Sits on skin, some absorbs, falls down the body/ object along contours in droplets.
Fabric i.e. Cotton: Small fibres left on skin, imprints on body if too tight.
Tomato sauce: Sticks to skin, falls down the body leaving a residue.
Ink (marker): Stains skin directly, leaving a tick line, with even coverage of colour.
Ink (pen): Pulls flesh when trying to move across skin. Leaves a thin line.
Ink (liquid & brush): Thickness depends on brush. Will stain skin, but depending on the amount of liquid may drip down surface.
Paint (watercolour): drips down body, does not stain skin as well as ink.
Paint (gauche): sits on top of skin.

Shadow workshop # 2 : With Ricarda & Antong

The main idea / concept I took away from the workshop with Ricarda and Antong, was the concept of the tangible and intangible and the relationships between the two. Taking the 2D shape on the screen and turning it into a 3D shape with the addition of smoke. Even though the smoke turned the shape into the 3D object it still was not tangible. What we tried to tackle was turning this intangible 3D object into a tangible 3D object.

second responce to shadow

The rest of my images and process can be seen in my visual diary.

Can you wear a shadow? Does it leave a residue?

Here are some questions I asked myself in class and then another session of question asking outside of class. Each set tackles a different idea. The first being material studies, responding to my first exploration with pasta. The second being a further investigation of shadow.

Material studies :
Did I feel dressed wearing spaghetti? Was I wearing it or did it just adorn my body? Was the spaghetti purely adornment? Or was it covering my body for modesty? What areas of the body would need to be covered to conserve modesty? What areas of the body would feel naked without covering? Only the perceived erogenous zones? Or other areas of the body that are often on display? Is clothing/ fashion a shadow placed on top of the body to conceal our modesty? Is fashion dictated by the body? What materials create clothing? Does it have to be fabric as we know it? Or could other materials be used to imitate this commonly seen ‘fabric’? What is real fabric? Can we recreate these ‘real’ qualities with different materials? What materials would we use? Would they feel the same, look the same, smell the same? Do our senses dictate what we wear? Does comfort have to play a roll in fashion? How does all this relate to shadow? Is clothing a form of shadow upon the body? Is shadow a copy?

Shadow :

Can you wear a shadow? Is a shadow placed upon the body considered a garment? Does this shadow have to stay fixed on the body for it to be considered worn? What areas of the body does the shadow have to cover? Is there a left over residue from a shadow? No. Can there be? If the shadow has been copied on to the body for a fixed amount of time does that make it a garment? How can you copy a shadow onto the body? Does a shadow have to be a product of a light source? Can internal details be seen on a shadow? Can multiple meanings of the word shadow be worked with together? Including, a slight suggestion, a shadowy or faint image, a mere semblance and an inseparable companion. If a shadow is projected on to the body is it still and inseparable companion? Even if it is only temporary? As a shadow cannot be taken off the body, it can only be moved away from.

Key words :

Residue
Companion
Inseparable
Body
Temporary

dressed?

I have no idea where this came from or who's artwork it is, but is this man dressed?

The left over residue makes me think yes.

If anyone knows this artist can you let me know. thanks

shadow

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I decided to look up the dictionary meaning for shadow to further understand the term. This bought up some extra idea I hadn’t considered. Here are a few that interested me most.

5. A slight suggestion; a trace.
7. A shadowy or faint image
8. A mere semblance.
13. An inseparable companion.

Could all these ideas of shadow be worked with in conjunction with each other? Or for that matter could all the dictionary meanings for shadow be worked with together to create one final product or idea?

These are some of my own perceptions of shadow:

- A simplified form
- A silhouette
- A secondary image
- Product of a light source
- Only external details
- Artificial or natural

responce to shadow

Here's my first response to shadow. I obviously took it quite literally. Needs a lot more working on.