Tyson Crosbie

So glad I'm an artist and not a politician.

Phoenix 22 – 4

Written by Tyson Crosbie March 10, 2010

Image 4 from Phoenix Series by Artist Tyson Crosbie

What *is* it?

By far the most asked question as soon as they know it is a photograph. I used to loathe the question.

What do you mean, what is it? Isn’t it obvious? Gah!

Did you ask the painter what his abstraction was? That’s what I thought!

Now I’ve come to love the inquiry. I’ve got snarky answers “It’s a photograph.” and deep(er) ones: “It’s you.”. Okay, okay I’ve not really perfected a really good answer to the question yet and here is why:

To me I see the elements in the picture plane as a very specific language, each image is a highly ordered and complex story. From color palette to mark making, range of values, depth to speed of line and how it all interacts in the composition. Is that form floating or sinking? Is that line speeding into the void or reaching for an escape? Is there enough tension in the elements to create balance and order to the chaos? Is the message clear (enough)? Does it make you feel something?, Anything besides curiosity of the materials at hand?

There is an entire world of things in this frame, a lifetime of possible outcomes. It is a moment that moves back and forth through time, reminiscing and hoping at the same time. That is exactly what I see and I’m trying desperately to share it with you. To me it is something raw and real, but it is fleeting too. If you ask the wrong question it might just escape forever.

Sigh.. But then again this is my obsession. I record it for the joy it brings me to see and order the world so that it reflects my experience. I ultimately share it because I think it is beautiful, worthwhile and it keeps my eyes open and my mind busy.

Participation

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the crosbie experiment

Written by Tyson Crosbie March 09, 2010

Experiment:

*This used to be a secret post for people who had the PW to my Twitters.

If you have the PW, Yes it is still percolating and you can still play along until Monday! :)

Abstract: Get a group of people to tweet from and manage my twitter account for 1 week.

Expectations: Chaos will rule the day but by night I think we should play some games.

Participation: is as always voluntary.

If you have any games you’d like to play let me know through the comments below. Thanks!

Day 4

Ruh-Roh. “I’ve” unfollowed EVERYONE. :(

What I saw last night.

This isn’t fun, but I think with a little help from my friends this will work out fine.

#1 Follow yourself (because you’re obviously beautiful, funny and classy)

#2 Follow as many other cool, interesting or funny people as you can think of.

#3 Accept my undying gratitude.

Day 3

Yarn.

This is easy, collectively tell a story. This has definitely been done before. And as far as I’ve seen almost always fails, so we can only go up!

1. It will begin at noon today.

2. Every eighth story tweet will retweet a tweet on this list http://twitter.com/Favstar/top-50-funny (#yarn8, #yarn16, #yarn24… etc).

3. Hashtag #yarn1, #yarn2, #yarn3.. etc so we can keep track of the story. It will end either at midnight tonight (March 11th) or at #yarn50.

Winner: The first person that successfully* tweets #yarn50 will win a t-shirt with their tweet on it. *I’m pretty sure you know what I mean by successfully but if you cheat we’ll just collectively beat you up.

Speaking of Tshirts, does anyone want to design a “the crosbie experiment” tshirt or should I do it? (mostly directed at Stephanie Horn who makes fun of my design skills) ;)

Second game (specific to March 10th):

Promote Good.

It’s time we gave “good” some press, right?

Use my voice to promote your heros, inspirations and yourself.

1. Use the hashtag: #promotegood

If you play this game try to post at least 3 good things today. We want it to be noisy and really show off the good in the world.

First game (repeatable):

The view from here.

1. Login to twitpic using the tysoncrosbie login or use this email: t************@twitpic.com Shutdown due to abuse. :(

2. upload an image to the account at exactly 5pm. (Phoenix time)

3. Name the image “The view from here.”

I think it will be interesting to have one “person” in many locations at the same time. (Yay quantum physics!)

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