Process. Is. Product.
We’ve already started. Actually we’ve been at it for over a year…
We’ve scouted, researched, filmed an initial interview with Mary and a pop-up brunch, captured tons of B-Roll, written ideas and grants and pitches, started to reach out to the artists that are a pivotal part of this story (and we have so many more…), brainstormed, started gathering archival materials, done painful administrative… stuff (too tedious to list here), eaten at Mojitos, La Botona, D’Angilos & Camenio Bakery, stayed in the epic beauty of West Salem Art Hotel and filmed six days in the home & studio of a soon to be named artist to make a mini-movie, as we make art while making art. We’re in it for the long haul, so check back to see our progress…
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Behind the Scenes photos by Christine Rucker
Other photos by Cat and zap
When we say
“process is product”
we mean:
… how our art is made is as important as the final piece. Through asking both broad and specific questions and engaging in vital conversations not only with each other but with members of our project at every stage, from ideation to completion and beyond, our work, proudly, can be described, and has been, as “very aware of itself”. We are not only investigators, but deep researchers, and we believe this gathering of information shines through as its own layer in our work. We strive to create art that results in further conversation, that can live beyond a screen, gallery wall, or space. Part of the art is how it exists and grows for years to come. Many people say, “a work is never really finished.” This has a celebratory meaning for us. To us, this “never finished” is the way in which the work changes on its own. In a way, we create work to be able to evolve even when our hands are finished touching it, through what the people and community chooses to do with it, hopefully, inspiring positive change.
- your directors, zap + cat
