The List Of All FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS

Linda Austin

incorporate a song title, or fragment thereof
incorporate an accident
something glued or attached
the two pieces have opposite color relationships (whatever that means to you).
give each piece a kiss from you and Crispin to seal it

Angelina Avalon

two birds
A marshmallow peep ( the bunny not the chick)
a bowtie
burnt orange, sunsetty colors
a decorated branch or tree, i love lovely things hanging on branches...hmmm-my wife and I love cotton candy and carnivals.

Bonnie Pickens

Postcard-sized
Painting
Pink clouds
Has to do with Israel
Tiffany Lamp

Max Reinhardt

No color
No sound
No space
No mass
No movement

Tiana Tucker

Must imply Hope for the Future
Have fun making it
If Include people, make them different ethnicities
Include a fingerprint
Hide a secret in it

Hatzune Aguilar

Sentimental
Has the color Turquoise
Is painted while sipping my favorite tea
or other beverages

Brandon Fessler

Black
White
Red
Bird
Hand

Monica Rochester

Include Rorschach blots, any medium or color other than black, used any way you like within the piece.
Include a visual interpretation of an object or sensation from a recent dream.
Use tea-stained paper
Draw an object that is sitting nearby while you are working on the piece. Use anywhere in the composition.
Predominant colors of the piece: Blue and Red

Becca Clown

Political relevance
Made of All Dumpstered materials
Mixed Media
Related to Mayor Daly
Any Size

Peter Lewis

must be in a digital image format
must be on the subject of poverty
must have some kind of intense color theme
must be released under Creative Commons licensure (i don't really know how this works but, if it's possible, it'd be cool if you did it)
must be ready by 06/01/09. ((kinda failed this rule:(

BaggyTime

Kitchen
Gay
Modern
Please
Thanks

Jennie Clark

Incorporate a list of 10 commandments of social rules that are silly
with a math quiz
to any music that has the sound of a flute.
Lots of color.

Cheryl Barnes

A hat
A tropical bird
Black
Trash
Purple

Detail of Brandon Fessler's FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS

Black
White
Red
Bird
Hand

Detail of Laura Mart's FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS

must be composed of at least 75% found objects/images
must reference dada
must contain an allegorical allusion
should be a size/weight that can be sent in the mail with minimal postage (as in, a stamp or two)
red

My Gift Of The Mag(p)i(e) Project - Five Rules

The inevitable has occurred!
My spouse, significant other, and partner in all mischievous artistic crime, Mr. Crispin Rosenkranz, has charmed his deserving way into the Film/Video/New Media graduate program at my soon-to-be-alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Round of applause! Clap those gnarled feet! Pigs have launched!
(My wordiness and run-on sentences never cease to impress.)

I am endeavoring to make some money towards Crispin's grad school tuition, (and kill two stones with one bird by getting my own work out into the world). I will create artworks based on the commissioner's five instructions. (Five dollars per artwork = one dollar per rule).

The commissions have started rolling in, and I will post the images as I finish them, with the instructions!

My amazing aunt, Star Burton-West, who is also an artist, storyteller, writer, actor and now video experimenter, has requested that Crispin and I document the process.

Stay tuned.