We had crits all day thursday and half of friday. It went on a long time.
We had half an hour each which was good, we all got a chance to talk about the work. At the same time everyone got so tired that it seemed to lose a bit of its point.....
Its interesting to see how people can visually read into something so differently, what this means and why..... I think these questions/thoughts wiil be going round my head for a while......
I thought there where some really intriguing peices of work at the presentation..it was good to see how people have changed over the year!
Havn't been able to take any photo's yet....trying to borrow a good camera to take some of the final thing. They will be here soon....
Thursday 17 May 2007
Wednesday 16 May 2007
Resolution
Took a bit of leap but defiantly a calculated one....
Decided to get rid of the paper but keep the idea of the outline by using wire to 'draw' it. I stuck with manageable limbs instead of whole bodies and played around for quite a while trying to master it. Here is a link to one attempt...
Then after talking to ken decided to be a bit cleverer about things...
Put the bits in the big wooden boxe/shelf things outside the studio and decided something made sense!
The fact that i could quite directly replicate parts of the body with the wire and place them into these boxes seemed to give both a visual and conceptual reason to carry on....
I'm pleased with the resolution as i think it works well on both levels....even though i know this is my own person view :)
The visual seemed to be attractive because of its realness...
The shapes coming from real bodies as well as the positions they where in seemed to give the wire a 2d/3d illusion; making it a kind of analytical drawing even though its a sculpture. Forgetting all that, it just looked cool.
The conceptual was the body parts in the shelf/box visually (for me) spoke of similarities and difference's we all have in our identity. This is the main thing that came from my research....
The analytical body parts where a symbol of humanity as one and that we in many respects are the same..the fact each body part is different, segregated and repeated into sections shows the fact we are also completely different and individual.
I know 'different but also the same' is a contradiction, is that wrong? Identity seems to be made out of lots of things... Maybe the importance is the balance of these...
Realising the reality there are lots of people similar and lots of people different to you; whether it be in taste or just general looks. ('We all have fingers but never the same fingerprint' comes to mind).
In your life you can either embrace these differences or ignore them. Depending on what you choose and why during your life i think could lead to peoples true identity? Maybe this then leads to a natural contradiction between people....what would the world be like if we were all the same?!
Maybe thats why identity is a strong basis for so many arguements and as a whole has and will always come out in so many issue's?
In my opinion the more open and respectful we are of these differences the more our identity will and does grow.
Maybe its just about getting on with life; understanding or not.....
I plan to fine tune the piece for the presentation tomorrow, above are photo's of parts of it while devevloping/resolving...
Here's a link for some really cool looking wire sculptures by Ptolemy Elrington.
Decided to get rid of the paper but keep the idea of the outline by using wire to 'draw' it. I stuck with manageable limbs instead of whole bodies and played around for quite a while trying to master it. Here is a link to one attempt...
Then after talking to ken decided to be a bit cleverer about things...
Put the bits in the big wooden boxe/shelf things outside the studio and decided something made sense!
The fact that i could quite directly replicate parts of the body with the wire and place them into these boxes seemed to give both a visual and conceptual reason to carry on....
I'm pleased with the resolution as i think it works well on both levels....even though i know this is my own person view :)
The visual seemed to be attractive because of its realness...
The shapes coming from real bodies as well as the positions they where in seemed to give the wire a 2d/3d illusion; making it a kind of analytical drawing even though its a sculpture. Forgetting all that, it just looked cool.
The conceptual was the body parts in the shelf/box visually (for me) spoke of similarities and difference's we all have in our identity. This is the main thing that came from my research....
The analytical body parts where a symbol of humanity as one and that we in many respects are the same..the fact each body part is different, segregated and repeated into sections shows the fact we are also completely different and individual.
I know 'different but also the same' is a contradiction, is that wrong? Identity seems to be made out of lots of things... Maybe the importance is the balance of these...
Realising the reality there are lots of people similar and lots of people different to you; whether it be in taste or just general looks. ('We all have fingers but never the same fingerprint' comes to mind).
In your life you can either embrace these differences or ignore them. Depending on what you choose and why during your life i think could lead to peoples true identity? Maybe this then leads to a natural contradiction between people....what would the world be like if we were all the same?!
Maybe thats why identity is a strong basis for so many arguements and as a whole has and will always come out in so many issue's?
In my opinion the more open and respectful we are of these differences the more our identity will and does grow.
Maybe its just about getting on with life; understanding or not.....
I plan to fine tune the piece for the presentation tomorrow, above are photo's of parts of it while devevloping/resolving...
Here's a link for some really cool looking wire sculptures by Ptolemy Elrington.
Tuesday 15 May 2007
Development - Overview
Want to use the figure drawings to convey a part of the natural identity. I feel if i put them in certain positions they will have a better chance of communicating identity.
I like the idea of putting the figure or figures into the big shelf like box thing outside my studio...I think it could play on the idea of us being different by showing the fact that we get tagged, boxed, identified into certain areas.
Here's a slideshow of my develpoment images just incase you can't be botherd going through it all....
Click one of the photo's to get to the flickr....
I like the idea of putting the figure or figures into the big shelf like box thing outside my studio...I think it could play on the idea of us being different by showing the fact that we get tagged, boxed, identified into certain areas.
Here's a slideshow of my develpoment images just incase you can't be botherd going through it all....
Click one of the photo's to get to the flickr....
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Development - Figure Outline 3
Thinking about how i could put my identity into this work or even any at all...thought maybe making them out different types of paper could speak of the artist and materials.....decided it would be art for artists and i wanted something that speaks to a broader audience.
I also tried different ways to thread the wire through the paper but don't have any photo's of these.
I also tried different ways to thread the wire through the paper but don't have any photo's of these.
Development - Figure Outline 2
I finally feel i got some realness into these images....i think its due to the set being together, where the figure is and what its doing....
At this point i've decided to not carry on with the hair part of development and put my energy into the figures..i think it communicates identity better.
Take from it what you like....comments would be helpful.
At this point i've decided to not carry on with the hair part of development and put my energy into the figures..i think it communicates identity better.
Take from it what you like....comments would be helpful.
Development - Figure Outline 1
Thought if i place the figures in different places they may visually speak differently....still practicing manipulating the figure.
Monday 14 May 2007
Development - Body Outline 3
Decided to stop messing around and actually think....
Lined the cut-out with wire to give it some structure...tried to add some kind of feeling to the figure to try and show a part of identity.... Don't think it worked but i think think im getting somewhere....
Lined the cut-out with wire to give it some structure...tried to add some kind of feeling to the figure to try and show a part of identity.... Don't think it worked but i think think im getting somewhere....
Development - Body Outline 2
Thought the figures needed bringing to life a bit so cutting them out seemed the obvious next step...they liked getting into trouble...
Development - Body Outline 1
Took the drawings off the wall and decided to take them for a walk...thought it might give me some ideas about positioning
Sunday 13 May 2007
Development - Hair
Here's what i've done with the hair photo's....I like it. Looks much better than the skin ones.
To the left i've put them into colour orderd strips..kind of like a hair strand made of lots of peoples hair!
I printed them off and stuck it on both sides...maybe i could do loads of these and make heads of hair...sounds intriguing!
Feel i should do something with the figures as these may be able to communicate this identity thing better. I also like them quite a lot...
To the left i've put them into colour orderd strips..kind of like a hair strand made of lots of peoples hair!
I printed them off and stuck it on both sides...maybe i could do loads of these and make heads of hair...sounds intriguing!
Feel i should do something with the figures as these may be able to communicate this identity thing better. I also like them quite a lot...
Development - Skin
Here's the skin photo's spread out...I stil don't like it...its the colours they are too wishy washy. I think its the end of the skin development before i've started...
Im going to try and do the same but with peoples hair....i may get better colours. (Maybe this says as lot about the population of the students in the artschool...they're all white!)
Im going to try and do the same but with peoples hair....i may get better colours. (Maybe this says as lot about the population of the students in the artschool...they're all white!)
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