[OCCUPIED] – YMCA Sky Room
I see this piece as a series of experiments, exploring the shape of the YMCA Norths Staffs building. With the site having individual buildings, I was able to experiment with changing the formations – creating new, unrecognisable pieces of miniature architecture.
[OCCUPIED] – Airspace Gallery
My work which was exhibited here was a representation of the gallery itself using stacks of laser cut white card, altering the shape of the building through the layering and changes of direction of the card.
Exploration through placement of shape. The perimeter of the YMCA Norths Staffs has been laser cut several times on card, allowing the ability to alter the architecture through the use of repetition and layering.
Back in the studio. A photograph from my assessment piece has been drawn out and traced around the perimetre. I have then cut these shapes and experimented with them with paper initially and soon plan to realise these in Perspex on the laser cutter. I think these paper ones, however, provide a different aspect to what the Perspex ones will as these are able to be flattened whereas the Perspex ones will be more sculptural.
This was initially started from the “White on White” painting by Malevich which over time (as you can see from my blog) has transformed and fluctuated between 2D and 3D. This new shape which has occured – is this my shape? Or is it still Malevich’s? I have taken his shape and transformed it into something quite far from the original, in a way making it my own.
Installtion artist based in Stoke-on-Trent.
