The images in this post are of a revisited piece of work that I created last week.
Last year, I was working on ideas of society, family, friends and how each individual person within a family or within society connects and reacts to one another. This piece was my mark on these ideas – by recreating a flock of birds I was able to make a comment about society.
This work is rather personal to me as an individual in society, as a student, a friend and a member of the Follen family – a daughter, sister, granddaughter and girlfriend and where my place in all these relationships is.
By creating a flock of birds out of fabric, – fabrics that meant something to me or my friends – using different colours, tones and textures, I was also able to comment on the different personalities within society.
By revisiting this piece and recreating it in a different way for the degree show catalogue I have been able to revisit and re think about this piece much deeper than I could beforehand. I have learnt from revisiting this piece and taking a step back once it was up and observing the piece as well as photographing it – I have responded slightly differently this time around than when I first created it. Although all the initial family and societal reasoning’s are still there they appear to be much stronger now – and I hope as a viewer that you can bring your own thoughts to my piece but also respond in the way that I do.
*Thanks Matt for letting me take up part of your space :) *
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POST UPDATE [19/05/2013]
Love my black bird cage … not quite sure what I am to do with it once finished Uni though hmmm ….
Anyway quick update – By revisiting this piece I think I was able to bring some of the family, friends and society elements into my current work as well as rethink some of my thoughts about this piece. I feel that of the two bird pieces (Birds in Flight and Flock of Birds) I prefer the new version as the birds have become more than just a flock they have become another form.
