misuse & abuse visiting artist workshop with keetra dean dixon by skye mcneill
the material soap
the applications & experiments 1. pressing soap shavings in button maker 2. coating paper with drawn soap and scratching out letters 3. carving soap into a stamp and using it until its deterioration 4. stamping over soap bits, leaving ink where there was no soap 5. soap and water on glass 6. coating soap in ink and shaking on newsprint 7. crushing soap and ink together and spreading it out 8. soap, water, and ink on light table 9. digitally recording the sound of soap being used, hammered, carved, scraped 10. interpreting soap recording sound wave with chopped up soap
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the manipulations live trace live paint layers repeat
the misuse word assemble
stealing assets 1. jessica karle 2. abraham garcia * soap stolen from cameron zotter during white elephant exchange phase
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assembling the assets
choosing a phrase of thanks for the classmates stolen from during the workshop
the final gift