1:1 Tutorial: Peter Osborne – mediums identity (photography) Mute – New Aesthetic Critique Revised Question: What is the medium status now? (more direct line of questioning) Manipulation and the Internet Focus on Photographic forms Gursky – specifically (high profile case) of exploring the post-medium condition – commenting on loss of medium specificity Marsolier – Deals with… Continue reading Dissertation Tutorial – 16.06.16
Author: Rayvenn Shaleigha D'Clark
Imagery
http://lixpen.com https://vimeo.com/152910367 Imagery: Chelseas MA Degree Show (above) Face Mapping Models made w.\ Lixpen http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2557079/Is-left-right-attractive-Photographer-reveals-people-look-like-halves-face-identical.html [/flv]
Comparative Images
Assisting Degree
Research Catalogue
RESEARCH CATALOGUE
Santissimi Art
http://www.leparadox.com/art/focus-on-galgliardi-art-system/ SANTISSIMI: Sara Renzetti Antonello Serra (duo) The work of the Santissimi looks at the art as an operational machine in which to cross, staying, the forms more or less accomplices of the knowledge that reflected in the definition: “philosophical empiricism in the art”. Philosophical empiricism means putting into practice the knowledge, to perform an operation… Continue reading Santissimi Art
Dissertation Study Guide
Dissertation Briefing and Research Skills – Maria Walsh and Gustavo Grandal Montero ***TEMPLATE ON MOODLE*** Minim 6000 words, and maximum of 8000 words Deadline : 31st May (Proposal) Proposal Tutorial : June 2016 2000 words : Due 3rd Oct (Remaining) 4000 words : Due 14th Nov Plan research so it aligns with dissertation tutorials and submission… Continue reading Dissertation Study Guide
End-Of-Term Exhibition
After the delivery of my box, I was overjoyed at the finished look of my exhibition box. Clean, with clear lines and white backing, I feel this will really suit the open room that I will be exhibiting in. Placement within the box will be key to the success of the exhibition and I will… Continue reading End-Of-Term Exhibition
Technology was the answer, but what was the question?
“Technology is defined in the Oxford dictionary as the science of industrial art.” Cedric Price affirmed in 1966 at the beginning of his lecture entitled Technology is the answer, but what was the question?. The lecture speaks about the Fun Palace, the transdisciplinary cultural centre that Price designed in 1960 for Joan Littlewood. it fosters… Continue reading Technology was the answer, but what was the question?
Silicone Final
GIF – 360 slideshow Dimensions: 321×480 Size: 624KB Frames: 10 ***details*** GIF Transition: As a a part of the QR Code aspect of my final Research Catalogue I am going to create an animated GIF that showcases my cast outside of the exhibition space. This will enable the viewers to see a 360 degree image of my mask,… Continue reading Silicone Final
Digital Making Studio (A216) – 3D Workshops/Tutorials
Contact: c.follows@arts.ac.uk CCW Digital MakerSpace: http://process.arts.ac.uk/category/project-groups/ccw-digital-makerspace?_ga=1.250986118.1232333667.1412176277
Quotations – Subjective (Modern) Experience in Film
Fight Club: http://biblioteca.salamandra.edu.co/libros/Palahniuk,%20Chuck%20-%20El%20Club%20de%20la%20Lucha%20(english).pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTSxGpD4uuM Maybe self-improvement isn’t the answer… maybe self-destruction is the answer – pp. …maybe we have to break everything to make something better out of ourselves (the shell/remnants of the recent past. Like a Phoenix reborn at a higher vantage point or possessing the beauty of hindsight as we quite so frequently quote… Continue reading Quotations – Subjective (Modern) Experience in Film
Daniel Warnecke – GX Gallery
An important part of my ideas surrounding display has come from research on the artist Daniel Warnecke. Working exclusively with 3D figurines, his exhibition at the GX Gallery in Camberwell presents an interesting example of type of display that are suitable from small sized sculptural objects. About the Artist: Warnecke is a young artist who employs 3D printing… Continue reading Daniel Warnecke – GX Gallery
Post-Modernism – Terminology
Post Internet Art: Post-Modern – History The term postmodern was first used around the 1880s. John Watkins Chapman suggested “a Postmodern style of painting” as a way to depart from French Impressionism. J. M. Thompson, in his 1914 article in The Hibbert Journal (a quarterly philosophical review), used it to describe changes in attitudes and… Continue reading Post-Modernism – Terminology
Selfie-ism & Self-Portraiture
http://www.rlfossett.com/entries/2014/2/27/on-the-culture-of-selfieism On the Culture of Selfieism Here’s how wikipedia defines it: A selfie is a type of self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. Selfies are often associated with social networking. They are often casual, are typically taken either with a camera held at arm’s length or in a mirror,… Continue reading Selfie-ism & Self-Portraiture
Post-Internet Art
Wiki: Postinternet Post-internet denotes an idea in arts and criticism that refers to uggociety and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet. The term emerged from discussions about Internet Art by Marisa Olson, Gene McHugh, and Artie Vierkant, however the movement has not been thoroughly defined. Guthrie Lonergan and Cory Arcangel have mentioned it as a… Continue reading Post-Internet Art
Painting in the Not So Expanded Field – Some Thoughts about the Limitations of the Bounded Surface Lecture – 09.05.16
Foreground: Deb Covell, “Nowt to Summat”, 2014; background: Simon Callery, “Wiltshire Modulator”, 2010 Natasha Kidd – Overfill (2015) Alaena Turner – Secret Action Painting 7 (2015) Krauss: Sculpture began with meaningful commemoration, plinth separation in the site/space from the representation situated on the plinth Modernism is when this meaningful commemoration representation broke down with the… Continue reading Painting in the Not So Expanded Field – Some Thoughts about the Limitations of the Bounded Surface Lecture – 09.05.16
Display Options
Thinking about the exhibition, following the group meetings (09.05.16) within our exhibition spaces, I have my attentions turned towards how I will display my casting. As well as my initial ideas towards wall mounting using my clear acrylic box, I really think a semi-understated curation idea is a good way to go, maximising the eerie-ness of what… Continue reading Display Options
The Uncanny [Valley]
https://whitecubediaries.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/the-uncanny-where-psychology-meets-art/ The uncanny, a Freudian term which describes an instance where something is simultaneously familiar and foreign, resulting in a feeling of discomfort. The idea of the uncanny was first identified by Ernst Jentsch in his 1906 essay, On the Psychology of the Uncanny, where he defines the uncanny as being a product of “intellectual uncertainty.” In… Continue reading The Uncanny [Valley]
Gaylord Ho
“We Two” Parian Sculpture A master sculptor and inspired artist, his goal in every sculpture is to capture forever the fleeting emotion of a single moment in time. Ho’s sculptures represent the ideal human spirit in all of us as we strive to transcend the daily struggles of life and to become something more spiritually… Continue reading Gaylord Ho
Sophie Kahn
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/en_uk/blog/sophie-kahn-and-the-art-of-3d-scanning-and-printing 3D Sculptor Creates High Art Death Masks 3D printing seems to have nearly endless applications, from spacecraft production, to fashion, to dental hygiene. It’s also proved fertile ground for established artists, who are using the increasingly available technology, along with 3D scanning, to explore new territory. For sculptor Sophie Kahn, both technologies are essential. Using 3D laser scanning and… Continue reading Sophie Kahn
Heather Dewey-Hagborg
Artist collects DNA from discarded hair and nails, 3D-prints owner’s face An artist is collecting stray DNA from the streets of New York City, and using it to conjure up 3D-printed versions of its original “donor”. It is likely that you are not in the habit of picking up stray pieces of gum and hair… Continue reading Heather Dewey-Hagborg
3D Software
3D Facilities https://www.3dprint-uk.co.uk https://www.hubs.com/students http://www.stratasys.com/industries/education/students http://www.3dcreationlab.co.uk https://www.digits2widgets.com https://i.materialise.com Autodesk 123D http://www.123dapp.com/catch Turn ordinary photos into extraordinary 3D models Capture places, people and things in 3D using your Windows Phone or Mobile device, iPhone, iPad, Android device, or anycamera. Share your catches, or 3D print a real object! Cubify http://www.3dsystems.com/shop?redirectFrom=cubify A website that offers 3D scanners and… Continue reading 3D Software
Daniel Warnecke
3D prints modern day depictions of classic portraits Using cutting edge technology, artist Daniel Warnecke has transformed a series of iconic portraits from the past into modern-day depictions, realized in the form of 3D printed figurines. Warnecke creates a dialog between history and modernity by reinventing these figures through a contemporary lens, donning them in ripped jeans, sneakers,… Continue reading Daniel Warnecke
Lorna Barnshaw
This isn’t Art. This is a Ability of Technology http://www.fastcocreate.com/3016671/the-replicants-are-coming-an-artist-creates-creepy-3d-printed-faces Art student Lorna Barnshaw combines human faces with an imperfect assortment of technology to create surreal replicants. https://www.behance.net/lornabarnshaw 3-D printing her own face is all in a day’s work for Lorna Barnshaw, a recent graduate from the Winchester School of Art in the UK—even if the… Continue reading Lorna Barnshaw
Sculpture
Banksy’s iiismaland: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3204653/Come-eat-cold-chips-sound-crying-children-Banksy-confirms-opening-Dismaland-seaside-bemusement-park-art-exhibition.html The Portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this reason, in photography a portrait is generally not a snapshot, but a composed image of a person… Continue reading Sculpture
Death Masks & Face Casting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_mask A death mask is a wax or plaster cast made of a person’s face following death. Death masks may be mementos of the dead, or be used for creation of portraits. In other cultures a death mask may be a clay or another artifact placed on the face of the deceased before burial rites. The best known of these are the masks used by… Continue reading Death Masks & Face Casting
Oscar Nilsson
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2015/article/archaeologist-reconstructs-faces-of-stone-age-people http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2525035/New-27million-Stonehenge-visitor-centre-opens-reconstruction-Neolithic-man.html The face of prehistoric Britain: Forensic scientist uses Neolithic man’s 5,500-year-old skull to create lifelike image most advanced reconstruction of an early Neolithic man’s face Work to ‘restore the dignity’ Article 2: Popular Archeology He creates, quite literally, faces of our collective past. In fact, most of Nilsson’s hyper-realistic reconstructions end up in museums such as… Continue reading Oscar Nilsson
3D Printing
so intimately wrapped up in our identities and everyday interaction Rather than replacing the skill of an excellent plastic surgeon, 3D printers are providing another tool that they can use to take the art of what they do to another level in complex case Using 3D print technology allows the surgeon to create a guide… Continue reading 3D Printing
Recorded Tutorial – 05.05.16
Rayvenn Shaleigha DClark – Recorded Turorial Form| May 2016 Tasking Points: Annotated Research Articles Research: makes this appear more in working, and be clear in Assessment materials – show process of working Issue of resolving the time spent on making the work (finished life casting) needs to be made clear in the show Issue of… Continue reading Recorded Tutorial – 05.05.16
Silicone Photoshoot
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Hair Punching
Hair Punching Needle (Types): http://www.makeup-fx.com/punching.htm Prep: I started by punching hair into my failed mask. There are two types of hair I want to use on the face and so I experimented with directional hair types as well as with my handmade punching tool in order to minimise risk on my actual mask. Making a handmade tool was a… Continue reading Hair Punching
Nathaniel Mellors
Nathaniel Mellors: Giantbum (Installation) Mellors makes installations “packed with ad hoc sculpture, psychedelic theatre and absurdist, satirical film”. Mellors’ output includes installation, sculpture, film and video, music, performance, collage, painting, prints and critical writing. He was represented in the Tate Trienniel 2009, Altermodern, by a work Giantbum 2009, based on a story written by him about a party… Continue reading Nathaniel Mellors
Research Catalogue
I am moving forward with the research Catalogue for the End of Term Exhibition, and have made the necessary appointments in the Digital PrintStudio for the week of Set-Up, now my attentions turn to what is contained within the catalogue. From talking to my tutor in my May Recorded Tutorial it is clear that my… Continue reading Research Catalogue
Space Allocations – CG01
SUCCESS!! I have gotten the space allocation I wanted, and now my attentions have turned to how to display/curate my life casting. The specifications of the space warn of a dark space, and so I now have to find an adequate way of lighting. I have been given a lot of things to think about on this… Continue reading Space Allocations – CG01
Dissertation Research – The Medium’s Condition
In light of the Unit 8 Essay, I have decided to revisit an earlier essay topic, one that still very much interests my practise. Originally, my line of questioning was whether photography was/could still be a ‘discrete’ medium in the Digital Age, however now I feel that this line of questioning is redundant in that we… Continue reading Dissertation Research – The Medium’s Condition
Artist Statement Workshop
Cary Young, Cautionary Statement (2007) – picture description Very early statement describing practise Write a statement that creates a discussion around your work, how it should be read, a general framework surrounding the work and determine the type of reader you want Moodle Template (see image) Google: How to Write an Artist Statement (don’t use… Continue reading Artist Statement Workshop
Dissertation – Text Extract – High Rise (1975)
High Rise – J.G Ballard Now that everything had returned to normal, he was surprised that there had been no obvious beginning, no point beyond which their lives had moved into a clearly more sinister dimension
Recasting – Day Project
After the failure of the previous casting, this second attempt was a chance to put into practise all that I have learnt in the previous casting. With this in mind, I aimed to have finished the recasting and refining within the day so not to lose too much time before the exhibition. After remoulding the… Continue reading Recasting – Day Project
Silicone Refinement
***before silicone glue was added. In preparation for the End of Year Exhibition it was important that made some important superficial refinements to the masks that are going to be displayed in the exhibition. In particular, this regards a silicone patch o the tempt of one of my masks that failed to cure properly. This left it… Continue reading Silicone Refinement
Posthumanism – 25.04.16
Ghost in the Shell (1995) Ghost in the Shell is a Japanese media franchise originally published as a seine (‘youth’) manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. There have been several different anime adaptations of Ghost in the Shell, starting with the 1995 film of the same name, telling the story of Section 9’s investigation of the Puppet Master. Up-loadable consciousness Autonomy… Continue reading Posthumanism – 25.04.16
Dissertation [Proposal]
What does a dissertation proposal include? The essential parts of a research proposal are generally standard: Dissertation title (so far): Aim at making the title short and to the point. Overall objectives: If you have more than three objectives, your area of research is probably far too broad and needs to be narrowed. (Some university… Continue reading Dissertation [Proposal]
Artist Statement| The Sculptural Drawing
Rauvenn Shaleigha D’Clark| Unit 6 – Evaluative Report – .doc
End of Term Exhibition
Exhibition Layout (Plan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Books_by_type http://www.blurb.co.uk/trade-books BOOK TYPES: Photobook Trade Book*** Audiobook*** Chapbook – a small pamphlet containing tales, ballads, or tracts. Hardcover E-book*** Octavo: The technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed… Continue reading End of Term Exhibition
Tutor Group Meeting
Notes: 1:1 Tutorial – Work since Christmas, Exhibition Publications, Research (all of studio work), Artists Statement (draft) and prospective ideas for End of Term Show No proposal for End of Term Exhibition but will have a choice (3 Preferred Spaces) Artist Statement – in the 3rd Person – BRING TO 1:1 Tutorial Crit review Examples… Continue reading Tutor Group Meeting
Painting Silicone Cast
http://blog.polytek.com/2015/02/26/tek-tip-painting-with-platsil-gel-10-silicone-pigments/ An important aspect of remanufacturing the human face is in the painting stage. Here I will add all of the vital colours and tones to really bring the mask to life, mores than its superficial textural representation. This video is instrumental for me in really adapting my drawing skills to this new avenue of work… Continue reading Painting Silicone Cast
Lecture| Year Group Meeting – 18.04.16
example artists statement Show Spaces: spaces being used for the End of Year Exhibition Again we can work in groups on a single piece or multiple pieces curated by the group as a whole We will also need proposals for the space we wish to work in as well as research relating to any work in the show (in whatever format… Continue reading Lecture| Year Group Meeting – 18.04.16
Unit 8 Essay – Predicting the Future: A Small Anthology of Walter Benjamin
This units essay was heavily inspired by the Year 1 Seminars on Walter Benjamin that I participated in at the beginning of this term. Although I had already read his work and aware of his ideas, these seminars (conducted by Paul O’Kane) really allowed me to dissect Benjamin’s ideas in a group forum as I felt that I… Continue reading Unit 8 Essay – Predicting the Future: A Small Anthology of Walter Benjamin
Silicone Mask
(Mueck) Angel, 1997 Silicone rubber and mixed media (110 x 87 x 81 cm 43¼ x 34¼ x 32″) A secondary aspect of my work is working to create a realistic life cast employing prosthetic techniques (hair, skin colouration etc.) ignorer to create a high realistic casting of the face I have already cast. This I feel this is a… Continue reading Silicone Mask
Full Body Castings
“Intense observation of nature has been my primary teacher, followed by a close study of past masters and contemporary sculptors.” http://digiqualia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/lets-talk-brian-booth-craig.html Leading on from my work last year, I am really looking to extend the scale of my castings. Although in the meantime I would like to cast a few more faces, I really think… Continue reading Full Body Castings
External Exhibition Critique
Panorama – Finished Show (4) Exhibition Catalogues that reflect the ‘Enclosure’ Theme of our exhibition, using a pad lock to seal the brochure together. The work provides a floor plan, as well as minimal descriptive elements of the (singular) pieces within the show Official Exhibition Poster Descriptive Page Floor Plan – Back side of Exhibition… Continue reading External Exhibition Critique
Walter Benjamin Seminar – Extra Reading
Walter Benjamin – Further Reading: Introducing Walter Benjamin / Howard Caygill, Alex Coles & Andrezej Klimowski.by Caygill, Howard [author.]; Coles, Alex [author.]; Klimowski, Andrzej [author.]. Series: Introducing: Publisher: London Icon Books, 2014.Description: 176 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.ISBN: 1848316925; 9781848316928. Walter Benjamin’s passages / Pierre Missac; translated by Shierry Weber Nicholson. by Missac, Pierre, -1986. Series:… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – Extra Reading
Kimathi Donkor – Artist Lecture – 01.03.16
Art as a communicative venture Practise: Realistically Painting Myth, History and Art History Contemporary Life Under Fire: The Shooting of Cherry Groche (2005) – Sep 28th 1985 oil on linen Painting as an object orientated art form The Next Turn Of the Screw (1987) Police Brutality and #BlackLivesMatter References Art History Canon – Manet: [1] Execution… Continue reading Kimathi Donkor – Artist Lecture – 01.03.16
Lifecasting Final Photoshoot
To record the final casting I once again made use of the photography suite to photograph the smaller details/changes that have been made to the mask. I feel that removing the back of the head made the casting more realistic, as well as allowing for focused efforts on the facial aspects of the mask. This… Continue reading Lifecasting Final Photoshoot
Religion & Religiosity| New Maps of Heaven – 29.02.16
Susan Hiller – Resounding (Infa-red) Francis Alys When Faith Moves Mountains Description: Linear Geological Displacement & real-life Miracle – moving of mountain 4-inches Fabiola Faith as a investment in concrete utopian possibility Heightened awareness of religion shaping politics in present day society Conflicting sources of religious belief – e.g. Christianity vs. Islam Renee Stout… Continue reading Religion & Religiosity| New Maps of Heaven – 29.02.16
Walter Benjamin Seminar – 29.02.16
O’Kane’s Blog Extract: in reference to Girlhood (2014/15, Céline Sciamma) The Storytller: ‘Reflections on the works of Nikolai Leskov’ Key Points: Loss beings ew value to the object being diminishes Line of Progress Storytelling vs. Novel vs. Information vs. Fairytales – a reflection of societal changes Information – Fairytales – the idea of ‘Fact’ Information… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – 29.02.16
Skin Texture(s)
The finishing touches with the clay mask involve small pore details and skin textural inconsistencies being made to the casting. I really want to emphasise the hyperrealist nature LifeCasting and am trying to avoid smooth casting finishing techniques as much as possible. This involves modelling tools and a scalpel to make small marks onto the… Continue reading Skin Texture(s)
Sculpture & Texture
Layering: perhaps a clay/silicone layered depiction Found images that display some very interesting sculptural textures and shapes that could influence further castings within my practise. Although I remain interested in very hyperrealist depictions of the human face, I feel that more abstract, experimental depiction could also be an interesting comparison. Textual techniques: Full body casting that… Continue reading Sculpture & Texture
Silicone Mask
http://www.make-up-fx-forum.com/index.php?topic=770.0 http://modelshop.co.uk Materials: Silicone Mask Sheet Metal: (T) Pewter Sheet (£60) Paste Wax (Table Release): (T) Forumla 5 (£9.79)/Ambersil Pur400 (£11.66)/Bisons Paste Wax (10.70) ***Baby Powder ***Poly-Ease 2300 spray release (Silicone Release Spray from EBay/Amazon) OR Screwfix (£3) (nearest store, Brixton) Plaster Rasp (T) (£9.52) ***2500 mould release or Ultra 4 Mould (Universal Mould Release: 4D ModelShop… Continue reading Silicone Mask
Lifecasting: Display Casing
Before and After: Finished Mould (left), Fresh Casting (right) Although my previous discussions touched upon the way I will mount my work, a glass display case still seems to be the most appropriate method of display. I have decided that for the exhibition I will only display the head of my sculpt, in the preceding… Continue reading Lifecasting: Display Casing
Walter Benjamin Seminar – 22.02.16
A comprehensive analysis of specific passages of the unfinished Arcades Project with particular attention to the architectural aspects of Paris. Extended Talking Points: God is dead – Friedrich Nietzsche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deicide The widely quoted statement by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, it first appears in Nietzsche’s 1882 collection The Gay Science (AKA “The Science of Joy”) However, It is most famously associated with Nietzsche’s… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – 22.02.16
Lifecasting Photoshoot 2
Final images of my sculpted clay head/bust before making my silicone mask. The has been significant changes to the backside of the cast, a lot of the seal lines present when casting being smoothed to create a smooth, fluid skull. The has also been a reshaping of the temples of the head to make it… Continue reading Lifecasting Photoshoot 2
External Exhibition: Display
As there will be inherent properties in terms of display in the External Exhibition, I feel that I have to be very creative in how I mount my head. e have an open space and few members which means there is a lot of floor space to work with and I feel that I should… Continue reading External Exhibition: Display
Picture & Code: Photography and the Lifeworld – 21.02.15
Photography and the Lifeworld ***Lifeworld – Our intuitive way of being in the world and our experience of the world A world beyond perception Photography’s link to ‘experience’ What is Post-Photography? Photography as non-representational, non-indexical and non-realistic. Photography as ‘metaphysical’ Anti-humanist experience of Photography Flusser’s Ladder of Abstraction – Into the Universe of Technical Images… Continue reading Picture & Code: Photography and the Lifeworld – 21.02.15
Hyperrealism in Sculpture
Hyperrealist Sculptures Materials: Isopropyl Myristate Forum: http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=154473 Instructions: Prep clay positive to mould – using Cut thin pieces of sheet metal and press into clay around the entire exterior (inch behind ears) of the mould then close gaps using tape to create clean wall in finished mould release table and sculpture – use paste wax… Continue reading Hyperrealism in Sculpture
Unit 8 & Dissertation Proposals [Notes]
Unit 8 Essay: Starting Points: Research ‘PREDICTING THE FURURE OF TECHNOLOGY’ The Arcades Project: Convolute (pg. 27 onwards) The Dialectics of Seeing – Susan Buck-Morss/Walter Benjamin Overcoming Conformism – Ester Lesley The Death of Art – Hegel Dissertation Notes: 18th April deadline for Unit 8 (3000 words) 31st May deadline for 500-100 (words) Dissertation Proposal… Continue reading Unit 8 & Dissertation Proposals [Notes]
Walter Benjamin Seminar – 08.02.16
A comprehensive group analysis of ‘ Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936) and ‘Thesis on the Philosophy of History’.
Lifecasting Photoshoot
I felt that it is important to document this process, and as a result I have used the photography studio to capture the details of my (2) Easy Flow Casts and the Monster Clay Busts before I make the necessary refining to the objects.This I feel was successful in capturing the finer details of the… Continue reading Lifecasting Photoshoot
Monter Clay Casting
A secondary aspect of the casting is to create a clay bust. More in line with my experience of sculpture (as seen in the V&A and The British Museum), this I feel is an important part of the refining process. What (Monster) Clay Moulds will allow me to do is to really sharpen up at… Continue reading Monter Clay Casting
Abjection – 08.02.16
The Return of the Abject – Julia Kristeva’s ‘Powers of the Horror‘/”Pouvoirs de l’horreur (1982) The work is an extensive treatise on the subject of abjection, and draws on the theories of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan to examine horror, marginalization, castration, the phallic signifier, the “I/Not I” dichotomy, the Oedipal complex, exile, and other concepts appropriate to feminist criticism and queer theory. According to Kristeva, the abject marks a… Continue reading Abjection – 08.02.16
Remoulding Cast
This initial casting was very nerve-racking for me as I was unsure as to whether I had mixed together the correct quantity of Easy Flow (1A:1B). In addition, when looking at the initial drying period of the resin, I could see the mood itself sagging and creasing within the interior of the cast which signalled… Continue reading Remoulding Cast
External Exhibition
In terms of our External Exhibition my group (4) and I have been working hard to really from up our collide idea, theme and venue for the exhibition. We have decided to be very out there and go with a ‘Yellow Storage’ Facility as the site of our exhibition. We have secured ourselves as 150-175ft… Continue reading External Exhibition
Comparative Photos
As you can see there is great similarity between the car and the sitter. Although there is significant finishing that need to be cone to the cast(s), I feel that it will be greatly improved by casting in Clay and remoulding to make the details more smoother and defined, before resting in a silicone mould.
Easy Flow Casting
***Note that these cast(s) need to sanded significantly, with unwanted areas removed before being photographed in the photography studio in the following weeks In-Studio Imagery Cast 1: *** detail contained with this initial casting (i specific reference to the fair fibres and skin fragments over the entire profile of the face) has given me ideas in terms of the later Silicone Casting… Continue reading Easy Flow Casting
Life Casting
plaster applied all over the lower face and jaw, with straws in the nose finished mould on a clay slab, ready to be filed with glass wax and left to set In preparation for my ‘whole head’ casting I shadowed another student as he cast his lower face and jaw in plaster, for moulding into… Continue reading Life Casting
Walter Benjamin Seminar – 01.02.16
Analogy of the flooring in A Block Benjamin as a seer – superstitious term (can he see into the future?) Traces of the past in objects of the present ***Infinite significance Any moment or object of historical significance ***Aphorisms or Maxims as an example of Benjamin’s later work (numbered paragraphs) as speculations or theories on… Continue reading Walter Benjamin Seminar – 01.02.16
Art School: Pedagogy ‘Of’ and ‘For’ Art- 01.02.16
Gauguin, Les Alyscamps, (1888), Musée d’Orsay, Paris How art education intersects with ideas, concepts and problems for artistic production Pedagogy – “to lead a child” – So now it generally means the study of being a teacher or teaching Paul Gaugin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was a French post-Impressionist artist who was not well appreciated until after his death.… Continue reading Art School: Pedagogy ‘Of’ and ‘For’ Art- 01.02.16
Casting Options
Casting in Monster Clay
1:1 Recorded Tutorial – 28.01.16
I felt that the tutorial with Elizabeth was very successful, and I am motivated to really jump into sculpture as my practise. She gave me a number of help tips, artists as well as a number of museums to visit that with contribute to this new area in my practise. In terms of research artists,… Continue reading 1:1 Recorded Tutorial – 28.01.16
Local/Global- 25.01.16
Is globalisation homogeneous? McDonaldization vs Hetrogenenization McDonaldization is a term used by sociologist George Ritzer in his book The McDonaldization of Society (1993). He explains that it becomes manifested when a culture adopts the characteristics of the dominant culture In contemporary society, the concept of McDonaldization is gaining attention in different aspects such as culture. McDonaldization thesis in cultural version is a… Continue reading Local/Global- 25.01.16