I have been doing these characters for about a year now, though doodles of these kinds have been appearing in my notebooks and sketch pads for years. I considered them my go-to doodle: they would encounter many scenarios during long Art History lectures. However, a professor expressed interest in these one day (I had begun an "elaborate," coloured doodle of one of these guys in an attempt to appear as though I was working on something during class). Since then, I have included these guys as a regular part of my practice; giving them the attention they deserve.
Of course, the number one question people have asked me are "what even are they?", followed closely by "what are they called?" This I have struggled with over the past year. Although, admittedly, that was in part due to my Fine Arts courses in which the nagging question would be "what purpose do they serve?" Don't ask me that. *sweats nervously*
Well, fine:
01. Oorts do not like labels. They don't have social constructs or silly binaries. They DO, however, have hierarchies -but these are fluid, not fixed, states of power, submission, dominance, and rebellion.
02. They are ammoral. They might do something quite awful, but without malicious intent. Likewise, they might do something beautiful without the concept of how it might affect others around them.
03. They've begun to use tools. Their environment is sparse and bleak: yet every so often an object may appear in their vacuum of space. How? I think the question there is how did they come to be?
04. Though they are materialistic and love to collect things, they do not have a strong concept of ownership. This results in conscious sharing of material possessions, and in unconscious taking of others' material possessions.
05. They do not have individual names. In fact, their idea of the individual is loose and vague. Though they do have families/tribes/cities/etc. they often mistake outsiders as their own, or join up with another family, thinking it is their own (and that family will, in turn, assume that they belong with them).
06. An oort alone will likely stay alone.
07. They do not have homes or shelters of any kind.
If looking at this ongoing project from a Fine Art perspective *sweats nervously* I'll say this: Oorts, in many ways, parallel our own existence, yet they are entirely different from us, therefore their lives/histories are reflected in a very different manner. Oorts are a theoretical exploration of a sentient, alien, yet similar species. They reflect upon our own histories, our social constructs, and our cultural standards: however, we draw parallels in the differences --as we do in all things: after all, we tend to find our individuality through our differences, not our similarities. The Other and us.
Then again, oorts are fun, silly, dark, and sad. They are meant to be enjoyed: we navigate their narratives by relating them to our own experiences and knowledge. Sometimes their stories are ambiguous, yet we can draw certain conclusions by referring to our own storage of information. We project upon them.
Or, we can think of oorts scientifically: refer to the wiki page on Oort Clouds.
And that's all you need to know about oorts, who they are, what they do, and how they are as a valid art piece *rolls eyes*.
...Oh, right. Walter. Yes. Well, he is not a fixed character. He differs from oorts in a distinctive way. He is a she... (sometimes).
Of course, the number one question people have asked me are "what even are they?", followed closely by "what are they called?" This I have struggled with over the past year. Although, admittedly, that was in part due to my Fine Arts courses in which the nagging question would be "what purpose do they serve?" Don't ask me that. *sweats nervously*
Well, fine:
01. Oorts do not like labels. They don't have social constructs or silly binaries. They DO, however, have hierarchies -but these are fluid, not fixed, states of power, submission, dominance, and rebellion.
02. They are ammoral. They might do something quite awful, but without malicious intent. Likewise, they might do something beautiful without the concept of how it might affect others around them.
03. They've begun to use tools. Their environment is sparse and bleak: yet every so often an object may appear in their vacuum of space. How? I think the question there is how did they come to be?
04. Though they are materialistic and love to collect things, they do not have a strong concept of ownership. This results in conscious sharing of material possessions, and in unconscious taking of others' material possessions.
05. They do not have individual names. In fact, their idea of the individual is loose and vague. Though they do have families/tribes/cities/etc. they often mistake outsiders as their own, or join up with another family, thinking it is their own (and that family will, in turn, assume that they belong with them).
06. An oort alone will likely stay alone.
07. They do not have homes or shelters of any kind.
If looking at this ongoing project from a Fine Art perspective *sweats nervously* I'll say this: Oorts, in many ways, parallel our own existence, yet they are entirely different from us, therefore their lives/histories are reflected in a very different manner. Oorts are a theoretical exploration of a sentient, alien, yet similar species. They reflect upon our own histories, our social constructs, and our cultural standards: however, we draw parallels in the differences --as we do in all things: after all, we tend to find our individuality through our differences, not our similarities. The Other and us.
Then again, oorts are fun, silly, dark, and sad. They are meant to be enjoyed: we navigate their narratives by relating them to our own experiences and knowledge. Sometimes their stories are ambiguous, yet we can draw certain conclusions by referring to our own storage of information. We project upon them.
Or, we can think of oorts scientifically: refer to the wiki page on Oort Clouds.
And that's all you need to know about oorts, who they are, what they do, and how they are as a valid art piece *rolls eyes*.
...Oh, right. Walter. Yes. Well, he is not a fixed character. He differs from oorts in a distinctive way. He is a she... (sometimes).