One as a Hole
For this third and final experiment I chose to use the same phrase “One as a Whole,” but in a different way, as “One as a Hole.” When I searched for this on the internet I first thought I wasn’t going to get any definitions. But I actually got this: To consider a 1 with a hole in it. Which is actually funny and kind of interesting. So I decided to go with it. To start, I though of everything that had a hole in it. Things, food, furniture, etc. And when you really think about it, there are a lot of things that have a hole in it.
My imagination and creativity took me to think about one thing that has a whole in it, which in other words is, “One as a Hole.” It also got me thinking about how a hole, is in a circle form, and how circles are one of the first shapes we are taught as kids. And the first thing that came into my mind was to make cereal necklaces and bracelets! I wanted my classmates to have something to remember my project and what better way than reminding them of their childhood by giving them cereal jewelry!
Necklaces and bracelets are basically a circle, but can also be turned into many shapes like ovals, and squares. So that also teaches us how a hole can change its form and start becoming something else. Holes don’t necessarily have to be holes their entire lives. They can transform. They can change into other things when we manipulate them or simply by nature. Meaning that if a hole can change, so does a whole.
In this experiment the whole is the cereal. The cereal is formed by single units of cereal, when they are put together. This whole can variate and change if someone takes one single unit of cereal and eats it. When a specific amount of cereal is used to make a cereal necklace, it becomes a whole (as well as a hole where the person puts its head in it), but when a person wears this necklace and starts eating the part of the unit, the unit changes! I know, confusing as well. But fun to try to understand. Sorry, that is what art is about!
