so not long to go and weve finally sorted out what rooms we are in for our show so this week i have been mainly sorting the room out, painting, filling, sanding and clearing my room.
a recent artist that i came across recently is JUNE YONG LEE the words describing the pieces written by the artist connect with my work well probably better then the work does so ill put them on here for who every may be reading
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‘Bodies record personal stories and suggest the ways that we remember. Skin, in particular, reflects who we are and tells stories that we might not always recognize. Memories, like scars on skin, are fragile. Some scars last longer than others while some heal but never disappear, helping us preserve a memory. We use tattoos to engrave memories under our skin and make them permanent. We change the form of our bodies by losing and gaining weight. Although memories deteriorate and denature with time, our skin never forgets.
Through these photographs, I want to visually present what skin can reveal to us. By removing the forms and shapes of the body, viewers are asked to consider both the unique and universal characteristics of skin. Digital technology enabled me to create this constructed and fictional imagery while still maintaining reality of body. This interplay between fiction and non-fiction provides us with objective, detached, and unfamiliar views. Observing the intimate and subtle details of each individual’s history can help us to identify our own personal differences and understand others – and ourselves – better.’June Yong Lee“
http://www.juxtapoz.com/erotica/june-yong-lee-s-fl…
i first sat down and worked out how it would be possible to pull of and worked out that i could use fishing line to string them from the cieling and foam board to mount the pieces together. at first i was going to heat press double sided but because of the double heating one side allways started to peel of so i come up with the idea of using thinner foamboard and sticking the two together .
i then mounted hooks into each board after trimming and tryed to connect the swiwels to help the foamboard spin without twisting , but i tryed a test run and coulding get the swivels on without moving the hook too much, so i went out and brought small clips but then when i tryed to hang it the whole lot came crashing down.
i then preceeded to remove all the hooks and embed them even further into the board, i then covered the edges using black insulating tape after testing cardboard paint and tape.
after a short break, ive jumped straight back into studio work, working out planning and making my final piece for my dgree show.
i come up with the idea of looking at outside inside, how we are made and how we are judged by our appeciances on the oustside.
so thats when i started playing with making skeletons from potassium the chemical reaction between the chemical, the water, and the air reminded me of our connections and ties with others and our enviroments.
i knew i wanted to make something big to fully submerse the audience within the piece, forcing them to confrount their own human flaws.
i decided on a photogram on the other side to display the outside, because of the contrast between the two sides and the way a photogram can be so vauge yet show up the smallest details.
i decided to make a piece that was hung in mid air that people could walk through.
