University....

Really loving university so far, although it is quite different from what I am used to at college.

Yet to start my sketchbook, but I am keeping up with my reflective practice after sessions.

Kohei Yoshiyuki

The Park (1971-1979)

Throughout the 70's Yoshiyuki went out in the streets of Tokyo documenting the busy night life.
He managed to take photographs of couples and groups engaging in sexual activity.



I really enjoyed this exhibition as it was somewhat interactive- visitors were given torches and directed into a dark room. When shining the torches around the room, it became apparent that there were a series of photographs hung. On inspection, These photographs were quite explicit.
Holding the torch yourself made you feel like you was actually in the moment, watching the scene. Maybe this was to make the viewer feel uncomfortable.
Overall I feel that the exhibition worked well being part of The Unexpected Guest as it created a kind of hospitality that the viewer felt obliged to accept.

http://liverpoolbiennial.co.uk/whatson/current/all/580/the-park-1971-1979---love-hotel-1978/
http://liverpoolbiennial.co.uk/programmes/festivals/programmes/4/2012/42/the-unexpected-guest/

Liverpool

Loved our trip to Liverpool, although it was quite strange being away from home for the weekend!

During the weekend we visited around 12 galleries- some I found more interesting than others.

My favourite would probably be the Open Eye gallery.

Bellow are some photographs of architecture around Liverpool. 

Cardboard Artists

http://dbqp.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/bbc-in-alb.html#!/2009/03/bbc-in-alb.html

http://telavivartdesign.blogspot.co.uk/2011/01/nina-lindgren-stockholm-new-realities.html

http://inhabitat.com/cartonlandia-incredible-cardboard-city-made-from-hundreds-of-recycled-cards-and-photographs/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/zimoun/5132580374/in/photostream/

Cardboard display

Been playing around with how I want my exhibition to look. I covered the whiteboard up with cardboard, and thought it would be a good idea to pile some boxes up to play my laptop in. I thought that this linked well with Emily Speed as the boxes could provide a hiding place and shelter. By taking some photographs of me within the boxes, I could see that it worked well and I really like how just a small area of the body on show makes you realise that there is a whole person hiding.

'Leaves'

Made an initial material by glue gunning leaves onto a piece of fabric. This helped me to practise positions and where the lighting is best.
The material didn't work as well as i expected as the backing fabric was white... It would have been better if it was darker.
Doing this experiment helped me to realise that i did not want a flexible piece.

 









I went on to look at different ways in which I would make something with more structure. My favourite method was plaster casting. This was a quite simple technique that took a couple of people to complete. As the casts had to be of me, I had some help with the casts. They worked well using scrim, but other materials such as some fabrics were not as strong.

After the cast dried, i did a dark base coat as to not make it visible in final photographs like the first attempt. I took some photographs to look at composition and lighting again. Some shots worked really well with the shadows.












I then proceeded to cover the painted cast with leaves and debris from the ground in which the test shots were taken. i did this by covering the cast in PVA glue and pressing the debris onto it. this process took a couple of goes as some leaves were hard to glue on.

In the second attempt of photographs, i noticed that the inside of the cast can be seen in some shots. this would be no good for when it is placed in the exhibition. i painted the inside of the cast brown as to blend in with the soil. This worked well and i am very pleased with the final outcome.