Monday 30 August 2010
Sunday 29 August 2010
-Tate Britain. Mike Nelson 'Coral reef'
And Francis Alys 'guards'
-The Photographers gallery. Sally Mann 'The family and the land'
-National Portrait gallery. Bp award
-Tate Britain. Kathy Noble 'Fragments'
-Wellcomme Collection. 'Skin'
-Tate Modern. Francis Alys 'A story of deception'
and 'Exposed' voyerism, surveillance and the camera.
Thursday 26 August 2010
Wednesday 25 August 2010
I was working on a project about home and comort. As a part of the
project I wrote down every address I've ever lived at... 42 in total
so far (i have shares in a removal company!!).
I wrote a memory for each address on a piece of paper. I put them into
2 boxes, one with GOOD memories, the other BAD.
I decided to carry the BAD box around with me for 24 hours to see what
it brought up.
What did it bring up? A bit of a bad vibe really. I was physically
carrying around the baggage of the past.
The box has since been destroyed...Good!
'Vulnerable'
This is last in a series of about 10 photos...you cant get what its all about without the other 9 and as usual i cant find them...clever!!
note to self: get organised.
But it was again about the vulnerability of the female form. When i look at it now it seems quiet literal but the way it was installed was very important. The photos were printed on bog standard paper 3x4inches each. They were pinned to the wall with a single dressmaking pin. They were placed just above a radiator so they actually fluttered as the heat rose. Really i should sort out my images andjust show you rather than twittering on...
number 4!!!!
The Body
'Untitled' 1 of 4
This was a project on the body. Its about vulnerability and the female form (something that crops up a lot in my work).
I used photocopies and photography. The final prints where full colour A3 prints.
The Bed
(dimenstions approx L:2m x W:1/2m x H:2m)
This was my second project at WMC. An installation around fear and abandonment.
I made the bunk-bed from scratch as it had to be a scaled down version of a bed.
I'm hoping I can work out how to upload images as I want to use my blog as a space to show my work ( I'm an art student) and see how I grow in my practice throughout my degree.
I have just finished and passed with flying colours an access in art & design at The Working Mens College in Camden. It's been a great journey and I've learnt a lot about art & about myself.
I previously worked as a fashion stylist but got so fed up with the industry that I quit & took some time out to plan a fresh start.... I only did the access course as a bit if theraputic fun...well it seems I have talent, I flew through loving every high & low and recieved merits & distinctions. So I applied to several uni's to do a degree in fine art... And blow me down I got accepted into Chelsea School of Art & Design, wow!!!
I'm very excited about starting uni although a bit anxious as I'm not a spring chicken anymore but hey I am definatly young at heart, I'll be fine!!???!!???