Day 1 of Art and Design Diploma at WMC Camden
Balance, Group exercise
For this first group exercise in groups of 3 we had to create a piece that was balance, even if balancing meant only for a split second, objects we used were old twine, a wine glass and twigs.
For this first group exercise in groups of 3 we had to create a piece that was balance, even if balancing meant only for a split second, objects we used were old twine, a wine glass and twigs.
We transformed this exercise, still using the rolled up twine as a base, we used part of a chair that looked like a steering wheel, we made a spider out of electrical cable and wire and glue gun sticks pushed into the base to hold the rod in place, we used string to attach the spider and suspended it from a shelf
Balance, Group exercise 2
Group 2 exercise began to have a story line, we collectively imagined a woman who was juggling her work life balance, she had a great career, she worked hard, she socialised and smoked and she was on the brink of crashing or had crashed, possibly drink driving or in general,as her career and home life was managed only within a millimetre of tumbling down, in the background, we had thought to play some melancholic music, either Amy Winehouse of Mary J Blige about a struggling, yet independent woman.
WEEK 2
Mirror Research at the V&A
Some inspiring mirror and reflective objects at the V&A
beautiful reflective glass, soft feelings emerging.
giving an interesting effect of the opposite image reflected back
Buddha, reflecting back, karma and what you give you receive.
Thoughts on how children play and peoples self image.
launchers and the like, or children smoking.
Reflections in the sea
My thought process in terms of Mirror as our first project, I initially thought how children will mirror adults in play form, often my own daughter will want to do what Mummy is doing, I like the above image of my daughter and myself, purely as we are mirroring each other. disturbing scenes of children playing in Palestine with guns and makeshift rocket launchers and the like, or children smoking.
I also included here images of the sea and sand of children playing etc, the last picture captured me as the boy is playing, he turns to reflect on the distant covered coupled with his shadowy silhouette on the sand.
Images of Oil on Road
My final decision for my piece was on a rainy afternoon during rush hour, my children and I noticed the patterns occurring on the road, I like looking at beauty around in obscure places, as most people are coping with rush hour traffic, noise and preoccupied with getting home on a very wet afternoon around 4pm we all slowed down to take stock of the beauty that has been created by traffic and the elements...this actually is a window into my mind as I am often looking at abstract or quite everyday objects and situations and finding the beauty or translating something from them. I made several very short films of the water and oil running along the dips in the road between the kerb, the final film of 1min 30secs is
the best way to show my appreciation of this fluid, accidentally occurring mirror.
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