Auto-Destructive Art

For the auto-destructive project, my group decided to create a simple scope of how erosion works. We sprinkled dirt around a piece of drawing paper on an incline to simulate a hill. We then poured water at the top of the hill to see what the reaction the dirt had to the water. We learned that the dirt will wash away and leave a thin watery residue on the paper. The final result ended in an artistic array of a muddy pattern. The final piece functioned exactly as expected and was what I hoped it to be. I learned that water is a universal that will destroy any material.

Auto-destructive art is a piece of work that destroys itself without outside support. For example, a robotic piece of art that is made to catch on fire is considered auto-destructive art. I can use my artistic training to develop auto-destructive art by working backwards. Let me explain: In class, we have discussed that while we are trained to work logically and clearly to end up with a polished item. Within the auto-destructive art world, it is important to have a clear beginning and idea to end up with a chaotic finish. This artistic expression clearly shows that society strives for perfection; it is perfectly fine to have a “messy” process and come up with a solution that is not organized and well thought out.

The STEM disciplines has an imperative role in auto-destructive art. Although, yes, it is art that is being made, the sciences, technology, engineering, and math have high regards to that kind of art. You need to be able to put together a piece of art that is well thought out logically in order to make that piece destroys itself successfully.