Original Proposal

Hey there you,

Here was my original proposal for this project. You'll see how it came to its complete format as components developed and I was exposed to different art forms. The story kept the format and topics that I wanted to explore, but the visual component evolved into found art rather than canvased paintings due to the reality of cost and time/space available to me. Enjoy:

 

Goal: The goal of this project is to create a piece, both in a painted form and scripted dialogue that creates a non-linear narration and the circumstance of the narration will be created not by the events per say, but rather by the emotional drive attached to each action. Through the coarse of the narration while the image is being observed, the narrator will never change, however the emotional drive that the character embodies will change and show different perspectives. To bring the story into the emotional context, the emotional aspects of the character will fall under the four Greek gods that embody those feelings. Hephaestus (god of giving), Aphrodite (god of love), Ares (god of war) and Athena (god of wisdom) will each give different perspective to a persons actions as well as their own climax to the narrative.  The narration will be a simple story that touches on different aspects of human morality and the rational behind the choices a person decides to live and even die by.

 

The image will be created to give different focal points for the viewer, letting them try to determine for themselves which pieces correspond to what parts of the story and which emotion the story is taking. Each segment will have its own style and encompass contrasting themes that make the viewer question what they hear so that they themselves question how they would react to different segments to the narrative. The piece will hopefully be oils painted onto wood to give the viewer a feeling that a story, even one that takes place in an urban setting is connected to nature and higher ideals than the narrative suggests.

 

Once completed and preformed, the piece should give off the feeling that life, both the greatness and the pain is ruled by peoples emotional drives. It should force the viewer to question whether choices that they make are driven by their desire to give or their desire to unleash themselves, whether people’s actions are driven by logic and wisdom, or by mystery and love. These are the questions that people need to ask themselves so that they can be true to their own values. In truth a person must really ask, when seen how it is often our drives and our desires that define our lives and if there is really any true moral value within all people.

 

The Story:

 

A man walks out off in the middle of the night because he can’t sleep. He had a fight with his girlfriend who thinks that he never opens himself up to the world. Walking along, he decides to visit a girl that he knows has feelings for him. He will not admit that he wants to sleep with this girl (just wants to be around someone who understands him, wants to scare his girlfriend). On the subway he sees a homeless man with nothing but raged cloths and a bible in his hand and gives him four dollars. Waiting for the subway he see’s the ads (beauty products, healthcare, books, political poster). He sees a man being mugged and beaten and runs to help him. After the man is able to run away the mugger pulls out a knife and begins running towards the man. He runs back into the street but the mugger catches him before he can reach the exit. The mugger brings him back into the subway and begins to beat the man; the mugger says nothing. Eventually he is able to bring the mugger to his knees before the mugger pushes the man into the subway track. The oncoming train comes and as the light hits the man’s face, he sees something (the girl, himself, the hair of his girlfriend, four dollars), and the story is over