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Process Instructions 2012
Evan Thomas Neale Smibert
Notes on Process Instructions:
All of the instructions are designed to be accessible to as many people as possible. The act of engaging in the process is the principal focus and is the actual work of art. What remains at the end of the process is only a residual document or index of the actions performed. Be mindful of the present moment during the entire process. It is an act of mediation; an act of love.
1. Radial Forms - Create an impermanent radial form on a horizontal surface.
1a. Arrange different grains of rice in a pattern that is consistent.
1b. Arrange a natural material or a series of related materials.
1c. Create a radial form in fresh untouched snow like a meditation labyrinth.
2. Radial Murals - Draw a radial form on a vertical surface using the range of the arm.
3a. Standing in one place and only moving the dominant arm.
3b. Interpret a wax rubbing from nature in an appropriate material or medium.
3. Radial Drawings - Draw a radial form on a square sheet of paper or support
4. Stacking - Stack any item as high as possible until it collapses.
5. Perfect Circle - Draw a perfect circle by hand as many times as possible.
6. Straight Line - Draw a straight line by hand as many times as possible.
7. Seeing/Drawing - Draw with awareness without looking at the sheet of paper.
8. Accordion Book - Draw a portrait without looking using one continuous line.
9. Produce Process - Paint produce with acrylic gloss medium in layers to preserve it.
10. Variations (Gould) - Reinterpret a visual image to understand it in a new way.
11. Sun Drawing - Use frisket on paper to draw. Let the image etch in the sunlight.
12. Serial Drawing - Develop a series and system for drawing a very large series.
13. Sound Installation - Record a specific process for a specific location.
14.Ephemeral Nature - Create/document an ephemeral assemblage of natural materials.
15. Elements - Design a process using wind, water, steam, ice, fire, etc.