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	<title>Jay Gidwitz &#187; Chance Operations</title>
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		<title>New images: the &quot;Rachel&#039;s Knife&quot; series</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Jay Gidwitz Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aleatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chance Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Harrington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Digital Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Figurative Images]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These images were produced through and from the installation project &#8220;Rachel&#8217;s Knife,&#8221; which I created with David Harrington. We created the installation by using chance operations to choose objects to get from the free stuff section on Craig&#8217;s List. After acquiring a room full of stuff the next stage was to decide what to do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These images were produced through and from the installation project &#8220;Rachel&#8217;s Knife,&#8221; which I created with <a href="http://gidwitzharringtonandassociates.com/" title="Gidwitz, Harrington, and Associates">David Harrington</a>.  We created the installation by using chance operations to choose objects to get from the free stuff section on Craig&#8217;s List.</p>
<p>After acquiring a room full of stuff the next stage was to decide what to do with it, and then to compose the work, and create more work from that.</p>
<p>The chance operations component in a sense was a use of surrealist techniques where random actions are performed and then the artist produces work using that with the potential of creating &#8220;happy accidents,&#8221;<br />
or &#8220;synchronicity,&#8221; or &#8220;resonance,&#8221; (or insert analogous word from the philosophy of your choice here.)</p>
<p>And by using chance operations the artist can incorporate elements into the work that s/he would have never consciously chosen or come up with&#8211;in the hopes of creating truly unique combinations.</p>
<p>See &#8220;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut-up_technique" rel="nofollow">cut-up technique</a>,&#8221; and&#8221;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatory" rel="nofollow">aleatory</a>.&#8221;</p>
<p>Click one of the images to see the gallery.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/gallery/rachels-knife/" title="Hades"><img src="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/hades.jpg" alt="Hades" /></a><a href="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/gallery/rachels-knife/" title="Branches of Dream Logic"><img src="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/branches-of-dream-logic-detail-2.jpg" alt="Branches of Dream Logic" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/gallery/rachels-knife/" title="Rachel's Knife Gallery"><img src="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/psychedelic-winter.jpg" alt="Psychedelic Winter" /></a><a href="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/gallery/rachels-knife" title="Desert Echo"><img src="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/desert-echo-2.jpg" alt="Desert Echo" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/gallery/rachels-knife/" title="Nightmare"><img src="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/nightmare.jpg" alt="Nightmare" /></a><a href="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/gallery/rachels-knife/" title="Requested Decay"><img src="http://www.jaygidwitz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/requested-decay.jpg" alt="Requested Decay" /></a></p>
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