Saturday, October 16, 2010

hard times. no time?

This is the most difficult project I've ever undertaken.
Sitting for 8 hours with a wet paper mask seems much easier
Have I lost my ability to read? Sitting on focusing on the pages is a chore.
I wonder if this has to do with the growing reliance on the screen.
We seem programmed if not brainwashed into looking at any screen for hours.
Have we fooled ourselves into thinking that just because we're researching or doing email that we're actively using our cognitive skills?
I think at times I think a bit then my brain wants to move on to the next topic faster than before.
I grab my mouse and hurry to the next site or link and remain there for a breath or 2.
To be honest, I donty like the Kindle (screen book) very much. A part of resists the idea of reading a book from a machine.
Or am I too proud to admit I need the screen. I've recently watched "Ran" Kirasawa's film twice without thinking that I was looking at a scrren too much.
I'm on the subway next stop I go underground. More soon.

About Me

Alicia Grullon's projects consist of performances and photography in public spaces. She is interested in the connections between art and activism. She has exhibited at Mount Holyoke College’s Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, Raritan Community College, Masur Museum of Art, the Peekskill Arts Festival, Samuel Dorsky Museum at the State University of New York at New Paltz, Hunter College Gallery and The University of Rhode Island. Awards include: Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2007-08, Chashama Visual Arts Award, Research Associateship at Mount Holyoke College, and Arts Council Korea International Artist Residency at Stone and Water Gallery in Anyang, South Korea. She’s participated in 2008’s Art in Odd Places Pedestrian and Jamaica Flux 2010 at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning.