Jessica Rogen

This week we focused our work around the ideas of what make up a space. Using a reading we identified what our connotations for Space, The Street, Neighborhood, Town, Countryside, and Country were. I worked with Maggie to identify words that we associated with different parts of the word Country. We focused on barriers and division and asked what makes a country. Alone, I made quick non-representational ink drawings of all the terms. In my most successful drawings I used a combination of ink wash with fine line to capture my feelings without recognizable images.

After these excersizes, we worked on developing a "mark vocabulary" by drawing marks that corresonded with different words associated with home. Then, thinking of our own homes (whether that is singular or multiple) we drew our own homes using only non-representational markings. In order to accomplish this I thought of my different homes and just let my arm move without thinking about the acutal mark too much. It turned out very dark and layered... eep. I think it represents the activity of my life no matter where I am.