AMST 211 1nd Edition Lecture 9Outline of Current Lecture 1. Gee’s Bend2. Categories of space3. Quilts on the Wire4. Pretty Quilts/Ugly Quilts5. Voice6. Translations7. Three geometries 8. 4 Damnations of the Quilt Current LectureSouthern Aesthetics: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend, AlabamaGee’s Bend: Single poorest community in the United States during the Great Depression. Absolutely zero resources.Recognized for faith and the making of quilts. In the late 90’s, a man went back on the basis of a single photograph, and began to try to excavate quilt making. These quilts have traveled nationally. This is the distinction between place and spaceCategories of space: • Learning• Design: a cultural process that enlivens the place• Memory: how quilts remember (family). Living acts of mourning. • Praise: • Exhibition: how these quilts entered contemporary art worldQuilts on the Wire:Placing quilts vertically on a wire to be viewed. Pretty Quilts/ Ugly Quilts:Pretty: labor intensive, established patterns, many pieces (store bought fabrics). The quilts of somebody else’s history. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Ugly: based on patterns that are so dynamic and open ended that follow basic geometries and have big fabrics. Voice:Voices of individuals. Translations:To render something intelligibly. Something sensible. Quilt making is a reflexive exercise. Quilts were pieced by families or individuals. Neighbors or family would put the backing on the floor and then attached the top. They would hook it to the ceiling and begin the quilting part. The makers would render praise through song. Faith, freedom, and the spirit. Three geometries:Lazy gals: series of vertical stripsHouse tops: concentric squaresBrick layers: courthouse steps variation4 Damnations of the Quilt (Imaginary)1. They are seen as craft. Craft cannot be art2. Household production3. They are made by women4. They are associated with collective rather than individual You find a connection between the quilt and sound and praise. Profound Christian faith on one hand and the making of the object on the other. The importance is the making of the quilt, not the finished product. These are recursive events. Repetition that allows for infinite variation.Irene Williams: “The quilt in my lap remembers all the quilts made by me, made by my mother, made by my family and neighbors, made by this place (location)” “The Lord is in every one of them…” Faith and freedom is huge here. Objects are locations for practices: good and evil. What are we
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