bricolage

my assemblages emerge from his interest in bricolage: assembling from what is available. As Claude Lévi-Strauss notes in his book The Savage Mind, bricolage is a kind of improvisation in which the bricoleur observes, catalogs and then assembles. Likewise, as I work, I try to develop a spatial and material dialogue within an entirety. The work is the result of an on-going exploration into decision making processes that result in formal, spatial and material assemblies. This exploration led me to Improv theater classes in which I practiced the rule of "Yes, and", a rule that obliges performers to listen to one another, to agree and then contribute to a situation. The goal of "Yes, and" is to develop a situation until it resolves into logical or even illogical conclusion. The situation or scene "ends" when there is a sense of resolution. On reflection, I feel that the assemblages have been sculptural Improv: A listening and a contributing to situations until there is a sense of logical or illogical resolution.