Drawing A Breath

When this project was assigned i had a totally different idea of going about with it. First i wanted to make a 3-D model of a can but later found out it was very hard to do. I thought that the 3-D representation of it would be another way to capture the essence of the can of air, although it was just a compilation of cut outs of pictures of the can. Although it would have taken the shape of a can and it had the same colors, and the same writings on the outside it would not be the same. So then during the same day the assignment was due i came up with the thought that capturing the breath of the can of air did not mean that i had to accurately represent every minimal detail and shape, and function. I remembered the concept of the "Signifier and Signified" theory and came up with what you see above. It is a can of air, a picture, placed in a box made out of paper. It contains air, and although it is not round it is the same thing almost. In this case, the signifier is "box of air" and the signified is the object which originally was a "can of air."