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.

Territory/Vunerability

"In addition to clarifying ownership of people and possessions, people jealously guard the space that immediately surrounds them. Humans create an invisible bubble around themselves in which they function. Placing objects between yourself and others, spreading your arms across your desk, and wrapping your arms around yourself are ways of guarding your personal space.
In normal circumstances, most people respect one another's personal territory. Sometimes, however, space invasion is unavoidable. When an invasion of your space occurs, you feel uncomfortable. Another person entering your space can penetrate your guard. Even when a persons space is invaded, they still find ways to limit the invasion as much as possible."

Ruvanti

How does the vulnerable human body experience the hard reality of steel and the physical power and the violence of the industrial machine ? What does the body feel inside the stressed, nervous industrial space ? The human body is connected to the body of the earth and alienates inside the industrial space. The human body feels by his nervous system. Copper is the nervous system of the earth. The performance "Body - Nervous System - Steel" consists of two parts.

In the first part the students are tied up to the machines of a steelplant while it is working. They are dressed in yellow ( nervous colour ) and are using copper wire ( nervous system ). While interfering in a symbolic way in the production process they feel the force, hardness, violence and weight of the steel and the machine.

During the second part four students are sitting motionless under a yellow cloth facing each other before a life audience in the hall of the steelplant. Only their heads are visible and motionless for the public eyes. The yellow cloth stands for nervous system. Their heads are enlarged by copper coloured hats. The form of the hats refer to the inquisition hats worn by heretics. The students are sitting between two videoscreens showing images of the first part. During the performance the students try to feel the vibrations connected to the industrial space. Under the cloth, invisible for the public, they write down their feelings.

http://aboiten.home.xs4all.nl/ad371.htm

http://users.telenet.be/ruvanti/artgallery7.htm