Theme: Tinkering and play
Method: The process, as documented in the video, is aimed to create a processor, a funtion to turn the input into something. Thus I made a bag assembled semi-garbage(which turns into a whole piece of crap by the end) but in fact gives me a chance to process some input with a little help.
Context: I'm feeling really negative about things recently, and drained of ideas, I try to mimic something some successful Chinese artist do, that is, making junk out of junk, which is essentially what's going on in this world. Some of the examples are shown in the links:
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av25997232/
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av37760368/
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av10216519/
In fact putting these actions out of the context, these are explorations of an art form and essentially a form of tinkering, what makes them morph is that they are all born for the purpose of being canonized. And I do feel the same thing within me to have absolutely no drive to do something without a certain purpose. Thus I thought, screw this, I'll just try to have some fun.
Response: I randomly chose some materials to make a thing with a belly, which will be stuffed with garbage and "process" them with the help of my feet(stomping on them). Thus I looked at the pile of material and choose a paper bag(which I later found a nail pin it too), and a discarded piece of colored card stock to make an entrance or head to indicate the direction of the process.
I randomly tear and rub the paper card in my hands and use the final product to build a structure that roughly resembles a head shape, then I cut open the paper bag and flip it inside out(which turns out to be totally unnecessary) and paste it on the the "head" to as the body. the final essential component is an ziplock bag, which is the system's belly, in case I need to pour in any liquid things in it.
Then I stuffed some trivial items in the studio and stepped on them. The system, to me, looks exactly like a piece of junk that should end up in the bin and that is where it ended up. I guess the process is more important than the result, and the video shows pretty much what I do. And it is short. I really enjoyed the process of making it, but I don't know if there is anything more I can say about it.