Indecisive...

Trying to come up with a final project is becoming extremely frustrating. I've been roaming the building trying to think of a space that I'm drawn to that
(1) hasn't been utilized, (2) can incorporate all the elements I want to include in this project and (3) Would work well for housing molds or plaster body parts. I'm not even sure if I want to work so figuratively with the body parts again. Right now, I have two projects in my head. The first involves cyanotypes and/or salt prints. My work before this class has dealt primarily with photography, and last semester I worked with these archival printing processes. I really like working with these processes that carry a lot of history with them, even though the images I was using were new pictures I had taken. I was thinking about making a collage of these prints in a small space I found in the building. It already has molding around the area, and looks as if it is frame for something. It's like a blank canvas. I thought I could take photographs of the building and make these archival prints of them, then install them in a collage format in this space. These images would seem to carry a history because of the way they are made, but in actuality would only be documenting Cleveland Halls last few weeks as it is now. However, it would lack the interactive quality I would want in an installation artwork. I am also confused as to how I would incorporate wax molds or plaster casts, which I would want to do since we've been working with them all semester. Another area I've been examining is the painting studio. I am reluctant to install in this room again, having used it for my second project. However, I am really intrigued by the open space above the main studio, what used to be the gym floor. I have been researching Cornelia Parker for an artist presentation for this class, and I am very drawn to her use of reflective materials and suspension. She often describes her work as the inhaling and exhaling of objects. Her works have this fantastical quality to them. If I could use a similar style to suspend molds and found objects [[[safely]]] over the painting studio, I feel it might be a really successful piece. I just am not exactly sure what I would suspend, or how. And I also want to incorporate another element like a scent or sound into the space.

Writing this makes me realize I might need some more photographs to clarify my goals with the space.