HARRELL FLETCHER - notes
I chose to do further research on Harrel Fletcher.
Where: Born 1967. From Portland, Oregon. He was originally collaborating with an artist by the name of Jon Rubin within Oakland, California. Later on, he made artwork all over America (and beyond). He normally has people in the area that he is in work with him to create the work. He, essentially, helps build communities. He does public work, with other people. He also does virtual work (learning to love you more), as well as installations and performances for various areas and museums.
When: He's still a practicing artist, as are most (if not all) New Media artists. His work applies to the here and now due to it's interactive nature, it's social commentary, and candid-ness. His most recent project was Corentine's Turtle, wherein, a young boy's sculpture idea was brought to life by Fletcher. This was done in 2006.
How: Fletcher employs many different techniques to create his work. It ranges from drawing and sculpture to video, net art, and performance pieces. He really desire to create connectivity throughout his work--not just with himself and the topic he desires to explore, but the world in which we live in and the people that inhabit it.
Why: Fletcher's work seems to be all about connectivity and interactivity. It seems to be about society, how we work and function, and the psychology of the human species and singularity. He started "Learning to Love You More" in 2002 with Miranda July, which is a vast interactive website containing lessons or activities that one can do--perhaps to get the creative juices flowing--and allows people all over the world to come together to help create an amazingly vast New Media project. This kind of selfless, universal art project is what really draws me to certain aspects of the New Media Art World. History also plays an important role within his work--both accepting it and understanding it. He devoted an entire project to documenting photos taken in Vietnam about the Vietnamese War from a museum there. He did this with his digital camera. Such a fresh, candid experience makes his reasoning even more crisp and truthful: "It made me realize that I didn't know much about the details of the war that had consumed the U.S. for most of my early childhood." So he then went on to research it.
Where: Born 1967. From Portland, Oregon. He was originally collaborating with an artist by the name of Jon Rubin within Oakland, California. Later on, he made artwork all over America (and beyond). He normally has people in the area that he is in work with him to create the work. He, essentially, helps build communities. He does public work, with other people. He also does virtual work (learning to love you more), as well as installations and performances for various areas and museums.
When: He's still a practicing artist, as are most (if not all) New Media artists. His work applies to the here and now due to it's interactive nature, it's social commentary, and candid-ness. His most recent project was Corentine's Turtle, wherein, a young boy's sculpture idea was brought to life by Fletcher. This was done in 2006.
How: Fletcher employs many different techniques to create his work. It ranges from drawing and sculpture to video, net art, and performance pieces. He really desire to create connectivity throughout his work--not just with himself and the topic he desires to explore, but the world in which we live in and the people that inhabit it.
Why: Fletcher's work seems to be all about connectivity and interactivity. It seems to be about society, how we work and function, and the psychology of the human species and singularity. He started "Learning to Love You More" in 2002 with Miranda July, which is a vast interactive website containing lessons or activities that one can do--perhaps to get the creative juices flowing--and allows people all over the world to come together to help create an amazingly vast New Media project. This kind of selfless, universal art project is what really draws me to certain aspects of the New Media Art World. History also plays an important role within his work--both accepting it and understanding it. He devoted an entire project to documenting photos taken in Vietnam about the Vietnamese War from a museum there. He did this with his digital camera. Such a fresh, candid experience makes his reasoning even more crisp and truthful: "It made me realize that I didn't know much about the details of the war that had consumed the U.S. for most of my early childhood." So he then went on to research it.
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