WORKSHOP WITH MARK BOHLE, JAUME RAMÍREZ, AND JÚLIA ESQUÉ @mark_bohle @jaumeramirezstudio @juliaesque
For this workshop I was instructed to create a drawing tool.
For this workshop I was instructed to create a drawing tool.
I became immediately interested in the idea of directly relating the drawing tool to the body, beyond the hand. I found thinking about the drawing tool as a system or process to be a useful metaphor. Analogous to creative expression, a result of both absorbing input through the brain and partaking in mental and physical process resulting in some form of output. In short, I wanted to explore the idea of hand, tool, head literally.
Mark, Jaume and Júlia introduced us to the concept of Homo Faber, in an essay by Hannah Arendt: “Human beings are able to control their fate and their environment as a result of the use of tools.” I wanted to see what happens if the tool is a bit imposing and unpredictable in its use, which creates the illusion of having control, and being limited in the act of creation by the tether of preexisting conditions.
“The Head and the Hand”
Mark, Jaume and Júlia introduced us to the concept of Homo Faber, in an essay by Hannah Arendt: “Human beings are able to control their fate and their environment as a result of the use of tools.” I wanted to see what happens if the tool is a bit imposing and unpredictable in its use, which creates the illusion of having control, and being limited in the act of creation by the tether of preexisting conditions.
“The Head and the Hand”
