Lockdown and Light is a virtual exhibition that took place during the first lockdown of 2020 in the summer. It’s an Instagram based gallery which showcases a range of artists and their different temporary light installations which are made in the comfort of their own homes. See Instagram page below.
Last year I watched many people take part but was quite nervous to put my work out there for a new audience to see. But this year, I entered and used my imagery of Pink and Up Close which is a series of images/projections I started prior to The Art Station group exhibition, see my previous blogs in January this year. I hadn’t taken them forward yet as my main focus has been the exhibition, however I the vibrancy in the image was impossible not to post and use! Since this exhibition was about light a projection, I projected the image into the bath and ran water. I have wanted to experiment with this idea for a while now and it appeared to be very successful, see my first submission for Friday 29th January below. I first worked with photography for this day and ripped the water so it would disrupt the pink image of the form.
- I wanted to showcase the ways water distorts the female figure the same way the cinema does.
I really liked this Instagram connection and you post it on your page and then they share it onto their own for a new audience to see and like. It was a new experience to enter an exhibition virtually, even though I am currently helping create one it’s a completely different experience. All you had to do was #LockdownandLight and tagged them in your post.
On the Saturday 30/01/21 I submitted a film of this still, see image and link below, I filmed the tap running, moving into the water disrupting the image further and disfiguring it even more so. I edited the film to slow motion which created some kind of slow skin like ripple on the image of the figure, allowing you to see where the water is hitting the skin. I felt so excited to create these due to the unexpected result, and it made me realise I wanted to work further with water and projection after The Art Station exhibition.
Film submission for Lockdown and Light.
A really exciting and new experience to be part of.
