artist essay

The artist that I viewed on art21 was Tim hawkinson. His form of medium that he used to produce his work I was known as mechanincal art. He used a digital camera to take pictures of people’s reactions to different unique sounds. Some of the music that he studied was music from church rythems. Some of the ways he formed sound was through water drops and building sculptures that were made out of large twisted plastic sheets that he assembled with a drill and mechanincal knowledge. He based an entire exibit of sound through pipes. He viewed that music was used as an escape for some people, like myself, as a form of relaxation.
I really liked this artist because he helped me out with my most recent project for my class. He gave me the idea to use music as an escape. Through that project i related my experience with music to how I have used it as an escape as well. It was creative how he used the plastic sheets to created different types of sounds and music. It was interesting to see the drill spun and formed the plastic tubes.