Steaming off the previous entry on material choices, I follow a second criteria when choosing materials. The previous criteria mentioned was choosing materials based on their plain, boring objectness. In addition, sensuality is a criteria in the process of choosing materials. If there is a surface texture that has great viscosity and tactility, I become attracted to the material for this sensual quality. The same attraction works when a material has a smooth, glass'like gloss such as epoxy. For installation work, the sensuality may come in the form of sounds created. When a material has sensual qualities of touch (and sound for installation), there is a greater chance I will work with the material in a piece.
Pictured is an installation from the previous year that used strips of aluminum from beer cans and pop cans. The cans hung in a tree, creating a beautiful wind-chime like sound in the wind. The aluminum also had a great reflective nature to it.
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