blu tac shoe

jess hancock: i chose to look at these pieces by tim silver because it is exactly like our project of making objects out of something else. In Untitled(i could stay here), 2004 he made a pair of shoes out of blu tac. When i first saw them they look like cement or something. It also has realliy intimate details such as seam holes and wearing tread on the sole. i wish i had though of it for my project because it seems kind of obvious and would hav been really easy to work with. I also like how he made shoes out of it because they would not be functionable in this material and the would pick up dirt and rocks and stuff and stick to the ground, this could be the reason for the name. In Untitled (outfit), 2004 He has used the same idea creating jeams t-shirt and socks out of silicone rubber. i dont like this one as much because the impact of the unusual matter is not as obvious or interesting, this may be different if you actual saw the piece rather than through a photograph however.art and australia, winter, 2005, page 564