Tate Modern Review

The name of the exhibition I visited was the Transformed Vision exhibition held at the Tate Modern. There were many artists such as Thomas Hirscharn, Germaine Richier, Allan sekula, Mark Rothko, Miyako Ishiuchi and Gerald richler. I Observed this exhibition was very war orientated and as the exhibition progressed it told a story. My immediate reaction was that from the beginning the pieces were very bold and created a very gloomy and dark atmosphere which conveyed very deep emotion and it felt to me like depression. Emotion as to be expected made frequent appearances throughout although a piece that undoubtedly caught my eye was a piece by Thomas Hirscharn found at the entrance of the exhibition I found this sculpture very captivating as it was made from everyday materials but looked like deformed figures which made me feel quite emotional. There are connections between he work in this exhibition and my work. This exhibition shocks and provokes a public reaction through some of its horrific imagery and I enjoy making work to enhance a public reaction and I future I hope to create more emotive work. Overall I don't think this exhibition requires a open mind as it draws in the sympathy of the audience.

   Authors own image (2013)  Tate modern 23.9.13

Work on photoshop

Fashion Photography

I wanted to make a floral headpiece inspired by my samples. I enjoy working with collage therefore for this exercise i cut out red back grounds from magazines and newspapers and made a collage which i then used to make the shape of the rose. Although it was time consuming i think it looks very effective and the cut outs from magazine made the rose look very shiny. My biggest challenge was getting the rose to stay on the head  without falling off, so i added a band made out of paper i have folded repeatedly and stapled the rose to it which made the head piece very sturdy. I am happy with my out come i think it looks very well made.

Work on Manequin (Fashion Pathway)

 In this exercise we were in groups and we made larger versions of our easiest to construct samples and combined it with other members of our group samples. I enjoyed this exercise because I liked working with other samples and communicating with the group on what looked good. However I didn't enjoy creating compositions alongside themes as it was hard to convey certain things for example romantic as everyone has there own interpretations on what romantic is.

Fashion Pathway

Samples for design
I used a combination of different types of paper to create floral samples from news paper to tissue paper. I liked this exercise I think the samples turned out very well and have a resemblance to types of flowers. For me the Poppy sample I made with the red tissue paper turned out the best due to its simplicity made it look very graceful like a real flower also out of all of the samples the red makes it stand out.

Photography Pathway: StoryBoard Killer washing machine

Story of A  washing machine that turns into a a killer as he falls into deep depression. He Starts murdering everyone who uses the washing machine and therefore the kitchen appliances such as the toaster and cooker get together to kill him. However when the appliances get together to discuss how to kill him the washing machine overhears and unplugs them leaving him to carry on with his reign of murder. 6 weeks later the killer washing machine dies form limescale after someone tampers with his Calgon.

In this exercise we had to create a story board using six images using a basic structure for a story. At the beginning there needs to be a introduction to the main character which in this story is washing machine man, create a problem, Include at least three struggles and finally conclude it with a resolution. I enjoyed this exercise as i felt it gave opportunity to be very creative however i did feel it was difficult to include all basic story characteristics into six frames. I had to be very selective when picking the photographs that could illustrate the story well and as a result i was very restricted and not all of the story could be told. 

Photography Pathway

1st image Echo, 2nd fall, 3rd Happy, 4th crush and 5th Sad

We needed to convey these different word only using photography. I didnt find this exercise particulary hard as it wasnt difficult yo find things that conveyed these words as everything is open for interpretation and i this case i did not feel like there was a right or wrong answer as it was about how i interpreted it.

Observational Drawing Elimination of the unessesary

These are sections of one drawing of a tree. the task was to crop out things in the drawing only leaving what was important for conveying an idea. i tended to crop out the bottom and leave in the top because i thought the leaves looked like birds and i wanted to bring across a sense of weightlessness and being free thats why i left alot of space around the picture. I think it worked well.

Time Line

This is my timeline for the week it starts off from the items from memory i drew a collage of symbols from the items from memory the lines and curves are going towards the right starting the story then it goes on to the journey to the v&a and symbols and signs i saw on the way there and inside the v&a such as the transport for London sign. Then my time line moves onto the time capsule burial which i added colour to to show that it is my latest memory therefore i can remember it more so than the others and also the flowers had alot more colour. i like my timeline i think it works well but i would like to try other things apart form drawing i am looking foward to lens based media.

Time Capsule Burial

I burried my time capsule in a plant pot because im very interested in plants and flowers. Also for me flowers place an important part of a burial as they are nearly always used in ceremonies like funerals.

Stage 2

Stage 1 Of Time Capsule Burial

Observational Drawing

Sketch of memory items in Time capsule bags. It this drawing i used lines to express the shapes and the light bouncing of the bag.

Time Capsule Items

Neptune And Triton

Vertumnus & Pomona

 

By Laurent Delvaux

Vertumnus was a god that can assume any form. In this sculpture he takes off his mask of a old women to reveal he is a young man underneath. This caught my eye because of the mask he is holding as it reminded me of my Venetian mask i had put in my time capsule.

Observational Drawing

Vertumnus and Pomona Sculpture found at the Victoria and Albert Museum. I found this sculpture quite easy to sketch as it had very bold shapes and lighting therefore i could easily apply tone by just observing.

In Memory of

This sculpture found at the Victoria and Albert museum Reminded me of the theme of memories as it is a sculpture to preserve someones memory of a significant other.

The Art Of Remembering

The art of remembering. This exhibition gave a very detailed fascinating insight into the science behind memories and links ideas to Greek philosophy.

Oliver Boberg: Anliegerweg (Residents path)

Night revels of Loo Li

Minho Kwon