3rd Writing Post

Intensification. The most basic definition for the word intensification outlines exactly what it means, it make something more intense. When you think of a sculpture, it is kind of hard to think of it as intense. We would normally relate sculptures to the type of class period we had on Tuesday. I was out of town, therefore not in class on Thursday, but from what I understand the class was polar opposite from Tuesday. Therefore, we need to take time to think of our sculptures in a more intense way rather than subdued.

The first step is to think through our sculpture as an intensification of the object it represents. My sculpture is a waterfall, therefore, it intensifies a waterfall because you are viewing it as a stand still. There is no motion which is what a waterfall does, so it is a whole different kind of viewing when it is still. This sculpture also intensifies the movement and "fall" of a waterfall. It does the same for the "arch" of a waterfall. The imprints in the stone of the sculpture through the lines formed represent the rippling of the water. You wouldn't necessarily be able to see those lines when watching a live waterfall. The sculpture is almost a snapshot of a waterfall because it catches it just in one single second or movement.

The second step is to think through our sculpture as an intensification of an art object. This sculpture really allows you to view a waterfall as an art object because of a few things. One thing being, the substance used, bronze. That makes us focus even harder because it is not like we are looking at a blue painting- we don't automatically think of water when we see the bronze color. If it indeed were blue, or whatever color you consider water to be, we would be more prone to assuming it is a waterfall right away than we are when we look at a bronze stone. Also the fact that we can see the finger imprint that make it a water design ties in with the fact that it is an art object. You know that it took skill and technique to form the material so that it turns out representing a waterfall.

The third and final step is to think through our sculpture as an intensification of the natural environment in which it is found. Just the bare fact that this sculpture is outside intensifies that it is a waterfall because it is in a natural environment. Although not the precise environment it typically would be found in. I think it would still be able to be a waterfall sculpture if located inside of Sheldon or any art gallery for that matter, but it just makes it a little more realistic being placed outside.

It is interesting to be able to look and reflect on our sculptures in two complete opposite approaches, but I think that is all the better for making sure we are looking at every possible aspect of our sculptures and really digging deep with them.