Flow Chart

Flow Chart



               Joe Page is the artist behind this fantastic art work known as the flow chart. His inspirations for this work is video games, clouds, bubbles, some pictures he took of the earth, and some artist paintings of clouds. Examples: Olafur Eliason (the weather project), Walter McConnell (unfired stoneware), and Takuma Tomo (sand and stone garden). He wanted his work to be bright colored and make you feel like you were being transported to another world just like video games. He loved how clouds have illusion of space and make you feel like your dreaming. He loves how clouds can tell a story by the different shapes they came in and could be. He said "Care Bears come down from the clouds to assist you in time of need," he felt when looking at one of the greeting cards made by American Greetings. Materials he used were pink foam, polystyrene which was like cotton candy but was very toxic, and vynal. He wanted to use 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional views. He wanted people to walk around and wheel around on clouds to look at his work to make it more interesting. He said his work was like a network or a board game. He wanted to make people touch the work instead of people only being able to look at his work. His work means everything to him when he sees the interaction and enjoyment on peoples faces. He gets help from students and faculty from the universities he goes to.

               I love Joe Page's work. It bring out the kid in everyone. I believe it's inspiring to every person that loves anything art related. He makes things so active and bright it's so fun. It shows a different side of life as if you are in a video game or in a dream. His work is so beautiful to me. He will and has inspired so many students and professors. It has been an honor being able to look and learn about his art. He inspires me to do different and new things.