June 11, 2008

let's get tangled

i've been a little bit obsessed with the idea of repetition lately - like the chords of a cat power song, or the way the buildings of an apartment line up like a bach fugue, or the way shadows fall off of a line of people at midday. i love the idea of taking those repeated images, and then overlapping them into a sort of collaged tangle, until the image or concept becomes the composite, impossibile to separate into its individual pieces.

observe arturo herrera's success below:



note: when combined with belle & sebastian's electric renaissance, this idea sort of morphs into a state better known as overstimulation.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

oh man i love that. i listened to the damien rice song yesterday and you are right--it is amazing!

Patricia said...

i would love to tangle with you. i have a good idea. you send me a shape, and i'll make a collage out of it! and vice versa!