Id (noun) the part of the mind in which innate instinctive impulses and primary processes are manifest.
4 Artists on 1 Sheet of Paper :
Beginning with a blank sheet of paper, the drawing incorporates an equal proportion of space from four artists. In this exercise, the 70cm square sheet was divided into a pencil grid of 12 x 12cm squares. Using the methodology of an architect approaching an empty plot of land, we filled in an equal area of blank space and once complete we rotated positions. The process was repeated 6 times around, as we continuously developed our image of each drawing, playing off of other's unique styles and ideas. As time went on and the drawing evolved, we found ourselves adjusting our individual narratives in order to cooperate with one another's creations.
Here is our fourth and final completed "Id drawing" below:
“Id Scale I” is a 70 x 70cm hand drawing made with pen and ink.
As the paper space was filled in and passed along, an interplay of new thoughts and concepts become realized. The grid-structure allows for borders between your own idea and the next participant, but it also provides the ability to connect and expand on a pre-existing theme. You have the ability to mediate or ignore, expand or contract, allowing the drawing to become a dynamic record of collaborative thinking. By the final turn, the Id becomes an elastic environment, uniquely fused with a sense of textural adaptation and spatial composition.
A close up timelapse of the drawing in progress…
Zoom detail 1...
Zoom detail 2…
With this series we aimed to explore a balance between the ambitions of an individual, and the resonances of that individual’s idea within a broader context. Our drawings are structured mechanisms of working between the individual, the collective, and environment which we inhabit - a mediation between an internalized frame of mind, and an externalized frame of context.
Zoom details 3 & 4…
The four hands at work!
A Thank You!
… To our friends in the Steemit community for the amazing support and response to our first collaborative drawing series. We’re so excited that these drawings have resonated with you in the way they have with us.
We’re also humbled to have been consecutively listed by @curie, a curation network that has allowed minnows like us to reach a following we did not previously have. In combination with new friends and a growing steem-powered family, groups like curie are helping new artists reach a wider audience and connect with like-minded creatives from all over the globe. We say this in light of recent criticism and constructive feedback (and not as a shameless plug for votes…) Curation groups like curie endorse a bottom-up approach that we also support, while enabling quality-motivated participants that Steemit truly needs in order to grow sustainably.
Thank you again (to everyone) for the generous support, exposure and for challenging us to create better!
Stay tuned for much more...
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