Christopher Jagers

Friday, February 2, 2007

Figures of the Week

I have been unbelievably busy this week preparing for my New York trip, running SlideRoom, teaching, fighting bad guys, and preparing the new Guildhall exhibition catalog. One of the pleasures of preparing a catalog is seeing beautiful pictures of all the students work. Above is a screenshot from an excellent “kicking” animation by Sargent Wagley (yes, a real Sargent). I love this transparent display mode because it reveals all of the construction mechanisms necessary for animation. Thinking of form in terms of movement, hmm… sounds familiar. Which brings me to the Matisse show at the DMA (below).

I took my students to see the show yesterday, which focuses on his sculpture and academic studies. However, I’m too busy to write any sort of reflection on the show, but Matisse doesn’t need me. In fact, not much time for any reflection at all these days - just doing and doing.

posted by cjagers at 01:51pm