Note

This is my blog/online workbook documenting; exercises, thoughts, ideas and processes for my studio paper 213.158 Art Place.

I originally started using a physical workbook to illustrate my progress through the paper but have since decided to make the switch to an online form of documentation so please bear with my first few posts which are pictures of my physical workbook.

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Friday, 10 October 2014

Initial idea generation for POWER

When I was starting my thinking process for responding to POWER, my immediate idea was going back to the lighting idea I had been considering when looking for inspiration.

I wanted to create a kind of lamp shade to put over one of the industrial lights to project something onto the floor.

I did some more image research to get inspired.


Google image result
I included this only because it was a very basic initial response to what I had in mind for creating a basic, beautiful shadow.


Kumi Yamashita
"I sculpt using light and shadow. I construct single or multiple objects and place them in relation to a single light source. The complete artwork is therefore comprised of both the material (the solid objects) and the immaterial (the light or shadow)." (http://www.kumiyamashita.com/light-and-shadow/)


Tim Noble & Sue Webster
SUNSET OVER MANHATTAN, 2003
Cigarette packets, tin cans shot by air gun pellets, wooden bench, light projector. (http://www.timnobleandsuewebster.com/sunset_manhattan_2003.html)


Paul Villinski 
"Paul Villinski, a professional photographer, has found some advantages of shadow as a source for artistic inspiration and as a very tool for their creation." (http://www.fludit.com/inspiration/the-shadow-art-photos-by-paul-villinski.html)


I was considering what I would want to project and thought about words, like strength, energy, power. I also thought about lightning bolt symbols, and then I thought about the history of our building and it's automotive background and thought about how beautiful it would be to project a car engine as my expression of "power".

When I talked through this idea with my family they brought to my attention the fact that lampshades work well when the light is reasonably close to the expanse of space where you want the projection/shadow. With the distance between the industrial lights and the floor we decided that it probably wouldn't provide the nice crisp shadow that I was looking for. So back to the drawing board.
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