Today when making my website I found myself pulling pages out of a writing pad in frustration as I wasn’t able to do what I wanted to do. I was screwing the page up into a ball and then flattening it out, as a way to calm myself down.
I went on to do this a number of times before I actually realised what it was I was actually doing. I soon found myself becoming distracted and photographing the outcome of the website. after looking at different ways of positioning the screwed up balls and photographing them I started playing around with filters and looking at how the shadows were being changed by the filter.
The action that was taken to create this was frustration and the feeling of anxiety of it all going wrong. This screwed up ball was the tangible evidence of my feelings towards what I would have to write and put up online for the whole world to see.
I then started to wonder if anyone else had done this in the past. or if there was any reason why people choose to do this when they are frustrated with something. after all i know i’m not the only person that does this when they can’t do something.
this lead me on to find Martin Creed and his work.
Martin Creed, Work No. 88, A sheet of A4 paper crumpled into a ball, 1995
My thoughts on the work are that it is plane simple yet effective in putting across a message. I porticually like the use of shadow and the way in witch it gives more depth to the work. this showing more about a statement and how the work is plainly titled . this has mad me as a viewer think that perhaps less is more and as a person that likes to make statements with my work. this has give me a lot of food for thought.
I feel that i can make a connection between my work and Martin Creed, Work No. 88 because of the lighting. it is dimly lit. This is very simmiler to my black and white copy’s. using shadow and the fixed line of the paper creates sharp edges and folds. this i find holds my eye and i fine it more interesting to look at.
