SAL Challenge: Time (quick)

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Line drawing by William Anastasi

A conversation between League friend and painter Fredericka Foster and composer/musician Phillip Glass has recently been published in Nautilus. Foster and Glass are talking about time.

Philip Glass: There are many strange things about music and time. When I’m on a tour with the dance company we work in a different-sized theater every night. The first thing the dance company does when we arrive is to measure the stage. They have to reset the dance to fit that stage. So you also have to reset the time of the music: In a larger theater, you must play slower. In a smaller theater, you have to play faster. The relation of time and space in music is dynamic. I have a range of speed in mind. If the players don’t pay attention to that, it will look really funny. You can see the stage fill up with dancers because they are playing at the wrong speed.

Fredericka Foster: I understand that variability. I usually paint water. Watching water move is a time-honored way of moving into the present moment. My goal is to feel the water move in the painting, but water has rules, and I have to pay attention to motion in establishing the composition. Water is defined by time: the length of time it takes for a wave to pass a set point. At around a second, you have a ripple; over 10 seconds, a swell, and in between a wave. Once I get the composition down, I can begin to pay attention to the rhythm of the painting. …

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Painting by Fredericka Foster

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SAL Challenge: Time (Quick Tempo)

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William Anastasi Untitled (Pocket Drawings) 1969

Make something that conveys a quick tempo. Materials are artists’ choice. Be aware of how materials (size and media) effect your expression and experience of time.

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Figure drawing by Fredericka Foster (wonderful to have her in my figure drawing class!)