THE COLLECTIVE COVER PROJECT
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"The Collective Cover Project, is a long term project initiated in January of 2009 and continuing until 2012. Fiber-based items inducted into the Collective Cover project were randomly found along roadways or in the environment by the artist and generous colleagues — culminating in a collection of objects that have been numbered, photographed, and for whom a "Constructed Archive" has been created with current events from the day they were found. Members are then fitted with a woven QR code that connects them in cyberspace with their constructed history.
For all but a few specific pieces, Members are "processed", and are carefully fitted and shrouded in white canvas. The shroud fully encases the Member, denying visual access to the full details of the object, unless the viewer chooses to investigate further thru the smart phone link with the QR code tags or through the Collective Cover website. Members in the category "from the collective", explore varied expressions connected with the overall collective.
Though they may be dirty, torn, faded, and even smelly — at the moment the decision is made to collect an item and make it a Member, its insignificance instantly morphs into significance as each item conjures imagined stories of its origins, human connections and history.
To explore the Collective Cover Project in more detail and experience the Members' Constructed Archives, visit: www.collectivecover.com
ArtPrize 2012 - Interview with Lisa Freiman, juror for the 3D Category
For all but a few specific pieces, Members are "processed", and are carefully fitted and shrouded in white canvas. The shroud fully encases the Member, denying visual access to the full details of the object, unless the viewer chooses to investigate further thru the smart phone link with the QR code tags or through the Collective Cover website. Members in the category "from the collective", explore varied expressions connected with the overall collective.
Though they may be dirty, torn, faded, and even smelly — at the moment the decision is made to collect an item and make it a Member, its insignificance instantly morphs into significance as each item conjures imagined stories of its origins, human connections and history.
To explore the Collective Cover Project in more detail and experience the Members' Constructed Archives, visit: www.collectivecover.com
ArtPrize 2012 - Interview with Lisa Freiman, juror for the 3D Category