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--next--> ephemerality the nature of time buddhism, mandalas, wheel of life, etc... zen gardens, sand cones, tricycle page sand, wind and music chaos and order, dots and lines, drawing silence and sound, music immobility and motion water and waves, light and caustics water drops, frost and vapor, smoke a few concepts relating to my past/current work: drawing on water with waves and caustics past records: getty center and chanting bowl project with mac mini, sound card, piezzos, tibetan chanting bowl and water water drawing on paper sand drawing on sand sand deposition on sand erosion on a beach from wind, tide and waves the breeze activates a marker attached to a sail; a piezzo shakes the sand down installation of ephemeral sand arrangements videos of sand traces being recorded, then diversely erased by wind, water, hand, rake, etc. evolving, ephemeral line drawings for computer/wall display cagean chance performances of Rorschach images for computer/wall display interference experiments with light and water recording the ephemerality of clouds positions, states are all ephemeral at all scales in nature, as in humanity. unique/accidental ephemeral happenings versus renewable/planned ones (the score, its performances, that performance.) ephemerality in art mostly exists through gallery or studio performances. record it and it becomes permanent. although a deep contradiction of the principle, it's often useful to record and document ephemeral events or actions.

" metagon on copper, soft ground " (2002)
hand pulled print 1004, 15x15 on 17x16in.
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i had asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. finally one lady friend asked the right question: well, what do you love most? that is how I started painting money. (andy warhol) |
jean-pierre hébert
contact. (25 Nov 2007)