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hello there munchkins!!
how r we all?? busy im sure- so i think il be breif tonight...so...sculpture journal article again, cause i really get into what and who they write about, i also seems to find endless amounts of minimalist works in there which obviously is so completly utter wicked!(this article from sculpture journal vol. 25 no.7)

PETER ELISENMAN'S - MEMORIAL TO THE MURDERED JEW OF EUROPE-. It is a field of abstract pillars located in the centre of Berlin. There is no symbolistic or iconistic significance to the designs of the pillars- they are just concrete slabs on a 4.7 acre site. So yea, it kind of takes up a whole city block. They are placed next to where the Berlin Wall used to be. People can enter the site and walk around this "forest" of pillars at any time of the night and day, although there are security guards so be wary of those guys. haha. Apparently it is very easy to get lost and disorientated here....


Elisenman's piece is extremly Minimalist and clean- exactly what I am into and love. "The opposite of safe, boring public art memorials". This is bold and the title explains the meaning of the work. The sizes of the 2,711 dark grey blocks vary in size and topography, not too much thought because an overal unity was intended to be kept. Underneath, like underground is part of the memorial too, and their are lights and videos under the slab shadows. (Again- if ur keepin track of my Minimalst find..light is very important i have discovered and is very cool....) hence another reason why im loving this piece. I admit, when i first saw the photo, as that is what caught my eye, i just loved the amount of blocks that were there and how they seemed so very the same. I think it is very good that this work has such a strong idea/theme behind it as it works so very well- better than alot of works i have seen. It is very mature and systematic, thought very intriguing. I'm not saying that every work needs a meaning behind it, because i love formal works that are just weird and strange, but it really suits this that is why i think its works like crazy.

well definately get into guys, and start lookin into Minimalism, as i feel as though it is sooo my thing above anything else, (haha dont get too into it, as it is going to be my speciality and no-one elses mwhahahaha)....it was great spending this semester with you all, wicked bonding times and I'll see you all next year when we kick ass in sculpture class!!! Ooooh-yea!! ps- i tried adding more photos but the computa like usual was being a bitch and only let me add one...check out others tho!!
Love Josie