For the past couple of weeks I have been trying to get my head around the idea of disappearing and have been working on a theory that I feel explains my thoughts as to how somebody can actually disappear and become invisible. This is my theory and it makes perfect sense to me, I just hope that it translates well to others..
- If X is a person or say, a pebble
- It leaves a ripple in the pond of life
- So... each X , uses its vibration to reach out and touch the next X near it
- In essence, leaving a memory of itself behind being carried on by those it touches
- BUT... If these vibrations are small and timid, they may never reach far enough to touch the next X
- SO... In theory... those X's that don't make big enough ripples, end up disappearing
- Yes???
Working with this theory I have created a series of drawings and paintings which I feel offer a more visual understanding of the process.
Phew... better take off the lab coat now... my Einstein moment has passed....
Friday, January 7, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Amazing pieces at the Tate...
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| Bed 1980 |
unconfirmed: 280 x 2200 x 1680 mm
sculpture
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| Keith Edmier Beverly Edmier 1967 1998 |
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| Ron Mueck Ghost 1998 |
Tate Liverpool| Current Exhibitions | DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture
Spent the last couple of days in Liverpool and fell in love with a exhibition at the Tate gallery. It is an exhibition called the DLA Piper Series THIS IS SCULPTURE (curated by Michael Craig-Martin) and it included works by Dali, Bacon, Gormley, Mueck, Magritte, Warhol, Picasso, Klein, Mondrian and Tracy Emin. Totally fell in love with Sculpture so just thought id share..
Tate Liverpool| Current Exhibitions | DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Thursday, December 16, 2010
A burning loss....
Yesterday all of the pieces fell into place and I was able to complete my work on my bamboo sculpture. With the help of Des (Technician) and my 2 camera people Pat and John I was able to pay my quiet tribute to the invisible and forgotten people in our society. I thought long and hard about how, where and when this was going to happen and eventually settled on a quiet location in the grounds of the college just as it was starting to get dark.
Because this piece is based on a form of isolation, I chose not to have any witnesses (apart from those needed to fulfil a role in the production). I also felt that students who were passing by without noticing how the structure disappeared added to the overall feeling of being invisible and overlooked.
I need to edit all 4 camera's footage (will definately need help from dad with this) and add a soundtrack in order for the piece to really mean something. Overall I don't think the weather and the footage could have turned out any better so I am really looking forward to getting the full piece completed.
Thanks again to Pat, John and Des.
Because this piece is based on a form of isolation, I chose not to have any witnesses (apart from those needed to fulfil a role in the production). I also felt that students who were passing by without noticing how the structure disappeared added to the overall feeling of being invisible and overlooked.
I need to edit all 4 camera's footage (will definately need help from dad with this) and add a soundtrack in order for the piece to really mean something. Overall I don't think the weather and the footage could have turned out any better so I am really looking forward to getting the full piece completed.
Thanks again to Pat, John and Des.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Beautifully filmed piece that works mainly because of soundtrack....
With Muzak for The Invisible People it was my intention to create a piece that put in contrasts two spaces of confinement: The classical space of the hospital/poor farm and the virtual space of the internet. Both spaces symbolize a type of invisibility of the subject. The physical sequestering of otherness(the poor, mad, undesirable) has become spectral under the fashionable guise of spectacle and amusement and so, in the video, the decaying physical space of the Hospital/farm becomes overrun by the voices of the specters of the virtual madhouse. Using search words such as "insane", "poor" as my search words I used the popular websites Youtube and Youporn to create a Muzak soundscape for the ghosts of the abandoned and NYC Farm Colony.
Saturday, November 27, 2010
From 3d to 2d....
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| Like the way this piece looks really out of place without actually standing out |
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| In the process of painting with ink. |
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| Really like the way the photo sits in the centre of this piece. |
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| Painted onto parchment, which gives a nice effect. really need to do some more painting, feeling a bit rusty. |
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Pictoral updates...
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| The finished figure waiting for the burning.. |
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| Hollow wax figure, hiding in the folds of cloth. Actually prefer this way then removed from the board. |
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| More figures using different fabrics. |
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| Which one has something to hide? |
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| My work station. (maybe I need a clean out) |
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| Pages from journal |
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| More journal entrys |
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| Quick ink scratchings |
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| 1 min ink figures |
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| My next woodblock |
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Overload.... system malfunction.....
I don't know about anybody else, but this week I'm really finding it hard to get any practical work done. I seem to be running from place to place with barely a Min to spare in between. I have also discovered that I am unable to be in 3 places at the one time which has come as a huge shock to me, and this prioritizing!!! well I'l say no more on THAT subject.
I was really hoping to get some more printing done this week but alas I may just have to wait till next week and hope that I can make up the lost time..
I was really hoping to get some more printing done this week but alas I may just have to wait till next week and hope that I can make up the lost time..
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Progress and experimentation....
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| my first attempt at mono print |
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| unsuccessful woodblock.. |
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| love how these colours work together and how the image is so haphazard |
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| Definetaly think I could work more with monoprint |
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| part of my studio space |
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| What is now being referred to as the xmas tree.. |
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| Spent most of the week thicking the centre to form shadow |
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| Left over pieces from paper clay cutouts |
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| Like this overlapping effect.. will definetaly try and work these leftovers into something... |
I spoke to Pat and Des this week about burning my bamboo piece when its complete and they were both very helpful. Although a safety report will have to be done out beforehand, they both seem confident that I will get the all clear. Really excited now about creating this piece and watching it disappear.
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