{"id":94,"date":"2009-07-18T20:24:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T04:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.djinnaya.com\/?p=94"},"modified":"2019-04-04T17:32:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T01:32:49","slug":"installation-baker-beach-cave-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.djinnaya.com\/?p=94","title":{"rendered":"Installation: Baker Beach Cave Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cave Flowers is a series of ceramic pieces, created as public art installations\u00a0in hidden places. They are intended to create a moment of magic for the viewer, as he or she\u00a0comes across the unexpected flowers in his or her environment. They can be either fired ceramics, left there to either be broken or taken\u00a0or left for other; or they can be greenware\/unfired ceramics, left with the intention that the\u00a0environment will wash away the flowers.<\/p>\n<p>These flowers were installed at low tide on Baker Beach in the Golden Gate National Recreation\u00a0Area. They were buried in the sand just above the tide level.\u00a0During their installation, I answered questions of anyone who approached me, but I did\u00a0not approach anyone until they approached me. I intentionally did \u00a0not do anything to\u00a0interact with the environment in which the flowers were placed, letting the entire environment (e.g.\u00a0birds, people, dogs, waves) do what they would with the flowers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XsqtK3sVFIA\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Journal Notes:<\/p>\n<p><em>7:51am \u2013 finally set up.\u00a0 Surprisingly many people here.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019d like to have the camera closer, but don\u2019t want to move it.\u00a0 I\u2019ll have a better idea of how high the tides actually go next time.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>7:55 \u2013 First shot.\u00a0 Water just came over.\u00a0 Rocks clicking together in the surf are awesome sounding.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:00 \u2013 2<sup>nd<\/sup> photo.\u00a0 Lady with 2 dogs came by and admired them.\u00a0 One of the dogs licked the solitary flower and made a sad face.\u00a0 Apparently, art is pretty but not tasty.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:05 \u2013 3<sup>rd<\/sup> pic. Water starting to hit every 5<sup>th<\/sup> wave or so<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:10 \u2013 4<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Couple on walk looked at them but seemed kind of irritated by them.\u00a0 Found the vid setting on the other camera.\u00a0 Took 30 sec video.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:15 \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup> pic<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:20 \u2013 6<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Fisherman nearby almost got in the shot.\u00a0 Rocks are washing up through the flowers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:23 \u2013 Big wave knocked some over.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:25 \u2013 7<sup>th<\/sup> pic. Petals washing father up shore.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:30 \u2013 8<sup>th<\/sup> pic. Flowers being pulled out to sea.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:35 \u2013 9<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Flowers full of water and sand.\u00a0 When I walk over to take close ups, it\u2019s hard not to fix them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:40 \u2013 10<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Almost got a fisherman again.\u00a0 Odd conflicting feelings about wanting this to go fast and slow.\u00a0 \u201cHurry up &amp; show me what comes next!\u201d mixed with sadness at seeing them go.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:42 \u2013 30 sec vid<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:45 \u2013 11<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 More dogs, but these liked my blanket more than the flowers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:47 \u2013 Guy throwing ball for his dog keeps tossing it about 6\u201d away from the flowers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:50 \u2013 12<sup>th<\/sup> pic . Waves pulling more away.\u00a0 Only two left standing.\u00a0 Clay looks soft.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>8:55 \u2013 Guy stopped to ask if this was for a photo class.\u00a0 13<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 1 hour.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:00 \u2013 14<sup>th<\/sup> pic. Guy came back to tell me about ceramic classes inDaly City.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:03 \u2013 took lame vid trying to capture the flower bodies rolling away in the surf<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:05 \u2013 15<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0Battery warning\u2026 uh-oh<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:10 \u2013 16<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Almost unrecognizable now.\u00a0 Fav comment today\u00a0 \u201cSo it\u2019s like an Andrew Goldsmith kind of thing?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:15 \u2013 17<sup>th<\/sup> pic. Can tell color changes in rocks from light.\u00a0 No longer dawn.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:20 \u2013 found some clay that fell next to the camera.\u00a0 It is fully softened.\u00a0 18<sup>th<\/sup> pic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:25 \u2013 Wave bent the flower over 19<sup>th<\/sup> pic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:30 20<sup>th<\/sup> picture.\u00a0 Can hear rocks in the surf again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:35 \u2013 21<sup>st<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Some pieces rolled back up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:40 \u2013 22<sup>nd<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Jusst little nubs left.\u00a0 Some tubes left, washed way to the right of the frame.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:45 \u2013 23<sup>rd<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Concerned about zoom.\u00a0 Did I rezoom all the shots?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:50 \u2013 24<sup>th<\/sup> and 25<sup>th<\/sup> pic.\u00a0 Felt like a 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u2026 Tube washed up and washed away again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:54 \u2013 Wave finally caught me on a close-up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>9:55 \u2013 26<sup>th<\/sup> picture<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>10:00 \u2013 27<sup>th<\/sup> picture<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>10:05 \u2013 28<sup>th<\/sup> picture<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>10:10 \u2013 29<sup>th<\/sup> picture<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cave Flowers is a series of ceramic pieces, created as public art installations\u00a0in hidden places. 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