http://www.changecase.net/projects/treemind.html Jeff Jacobson's experiences collaborating with Tree Mind. en-US copyright Jeff Jacobson change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:50:00 GMT Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:50:00 GMT http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html 1 http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_oct09.html#oct062009 Masking the absence of a basic reality is the third phase of the simulated image. Using the woodblock print as a master, I redrew the letter forms as outlines. In doing so I was producing a piece that could appear as a singular work, independent of its chronology. The woodblock implies both a previous image (the image the block is made to be the reflection of) and a successive image (the image the block is capable of producing). The print presents an alternate representation as the end of a process geared toward its creation (creating a form, carving a block, then printing the block) and thus the true intended reality. Everything prior to it appears incomplete in comparison. change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Journal http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_oct09.html#oct062009 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:17:00 GMT http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_aug09.html#aug232009 The next phase of the simulated image is masking and perverting the basic reality. By inking the block and creating a print, I was producing a piece that could appear to be the final product in a directed process. It alludes to an initial image from which a printing block was created to produce the print. The print distorts the viewer's perception, whispering that the print is the culmination and thus the true reality. change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Journal http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_aug09.html#aug232009 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:44:00 GMT http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_jul09.html#jul172009 My decision to treat the statement "Reproduction is diabolical in its very essence" as reality meant that fundamentally, none of the Art Cards I created would be reality. None would be the starting point. A card could only at best be a reflection of reality. change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Journal http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_jul09.html#jul172009 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:00:00 GMT http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_jun09.html#jun262009 To help unify the series I would be creating, it would be useful to have something that remains consistent. I wanted to mail the cards naked, meaning the postage would be attached to the art pieces themselves. The art would be changed in ways that I could only minimally plan for. I foresaw that the postage would be stamped with postal marks and would likely suffer dings, scratches, watermarks and other damage as they traveled. Since I knew that the receivers of the cards were suppose to digitize them when the cards reached their destination, I could actually see the changes that they underwent. change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Journal http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_jun09.html#jun262009 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_may09.html#may022009 First, I had to decide what the basic reality would be. It seemed appropriate to use a quote from Baudrillard that speaks to the disingenuous nature of reproduction. change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Journal http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_may09.html#may022009 Sat, 02 May 2009 13:43:00 GMT http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_apr09.html#apr232009 A half letter sized manilla envelope arrived in the mail containing some paper, the addresses my trading cards would be destined for, and a set of guidelines. change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Journal http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_apr09.html#apr232009 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:26:00 GMT http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_apr09.html#apr132009 Pretty much, its all a frenzied battle against madness; and we lost long ago. At least, that's what I think Jean Baudrillard is saying. change.case@yahoo.com (Jeff Jacobson) Journal http://www.changecase.net/journal/journal_apr09.html#apr132009 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:57:00 GMT