Hillary's Thoughts

In my Living Sculpture, I wanted to display movement, yet slightly remove it from the human world. I instructed the members of my sculpture to remain as stiff as possible to create a mechanical movement among them. The movements are steady and repetitious, and the video is meant to seem like it merely cuts into an action that has been going on for a while and will continue on in the same manner for much longer. I also took into consideration the setting of my sculpture. I wanted it outside, as a juxtaposition between the mechanical movement and the still nature. The whiteness of the snow visually contrasts with the black garments of the sculpture. In its creation, I did consider it as a sculpture, not as my group of friends. The only time I viewed it as a group of individuals rather than one unit was when i had to tweak the way some of them were moving. It was about a whole form, not individual aspects like faces. I strove for a general contour and movement.
Though their bodies were used in the creation of the sculpture, the members of the group were not the creators. It was art to me, but they were merely performers and only had a vague outline of my concept for the piece. While they were a part of a greater artwork, I doubt that they felt as though they were making art, or even part of it until they saw the finished video.