Engage the Arts Proposal
For the Engage the Arts project, I was deeply inspired by “The Quantifiable and the Ineffable”, a massive wooden hand sculpture created by Andrew Ramiro Tirado that resides in The Maven, a hotel in lower downtown Denver. I was instantly attracted to this piece due to the sheer size and detail-oriented design of the piece. The rawness of the etching upon the sculpture were stunning, absolutely awe-inspiring. This piece made me imagine a Greek god sticking his hands through the clouds, which reminded me that Greek mythology has been used to explain the unexplainable. With that in mind, I wanted to develop a short story influenced partly by Prometheus that will consist of demigod who decides that he wants to become one with the humans on Earth, as he is sick of them being tormented by Zeus. The short story is going to tie directly into my physical art piece (fingers crossed that this actually happens). The piece is going to be a human foot made out of papier-mâché in a plantar flexión position, resembling someone standing on the tips of their toes. I liked this foot position because it shows strength but also tension, which would result if a Greek god decided that he wanted to strip his godly status in order to be a puny human. I might be biting off more than I can chew with this rather ambitious project but I absolutely love this artwork. It caused me to recall the whole reason that I create art, which is to inspire and generate thought-provoking perspective of the purpose of art in this world.