For this workshop we were looking into sculpture lens and what it consists of. After having viewed various examples of sculpture lens artists such as Erwin Wurm and Pipilotti Rist we were asked to create a few short 10 second videos including out ideas of what we wanted out projection to look like. To get the ball rolling on the ideas we as a class made a chain of words starting with the word “plug” and ending in something totally different like fruit. This helped us build ideas of words we may not have thought of on our own. We were then asked to choose five words of the list of words we had just created and then make five mind-maps based off them words to broaden our ideas even further. The five words I’ve chosen can be seen in the images below and you can also see how some of the words have interlocked with the others through happy accidents. After spending a whole brainstorming i then settled on a few ideas I wanted to try out for my videos. There was the idea of creating a ripple affect in water by dropping different item into a cup of water, also the idea of swirling water to see the bubbles and ripples come to life in the water but in the end i settled on my favourite idea which was lighting a lighter in slow motion. This video proved to be the most entertaining, visually in my opinion. All of these videos can be seen below also. I then needed to rate something to project my video onto. I decided with the help of Laura that the best option was to create a hand out of newspaper and mod paper. I thoroughly enjoyed this process i found it rather therapeutic and the mod paper was quick yo dry and harden. Once the sculpture had dried i then added a layer of white paint to ensure that every nook and cranny was covered for my projection. Unfortunately I didn’t get to complete my projection as I had a hospital appointment at home the morning of, but all of my work up until then can be viewed below. On the Monday we then moved into a more free exercise. We were asked to create a piece based around the lines of the word “Transformation” This left the concept of the art work very open to interpretation. To start off the process we were required to create a mind-map and brainstorm ideas around that word. I began thinking of the many ways things can transform in life and quickly started to jot down ideas. Eventually i narrowed it down to four and then finally one. I decided that my idea was going to based around rotting fruit and how it can transform from something beautiful and clean into something rotting and disgusting. I wit the help of Lauras advice added in tissue paper , bubble wrap and cellophane to add texture to my painting. What I found hardest about this project was trying to break free from a neat painting and instead create something messy and disgusting to represent how the apple would really amke you feel if you were to see it in real life. I then proceeded to layer paint over the tissue paper ands continue to layer thre marking of the bubble wrap over the painting to really give off a messy feel. This can all be seen below. This was my favourite part of the workshop as it really pushed me to loosen up and go outside my comfort zone and i think that really payed off in my final piece.
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