Bradford Animation Festival - 'The Kiosk' Anete Melece

This is a light hearted animation of a Kiosk owner called Olga who is a cheerful woman who tends to all her costumers problems and needs, however she seems to be stuck in a monotonous life herself and often dreams of being far away! Her dreams come true by the end due to the list of bizarre incidents that happen to her.

 It was one of my favorites out of the film festival as it was the most light hearted and didn't attempt to tackle deeper controversial issues which other animation films do and tried to in the film festival. The style of the animation was in my eyes the most effective with the mixture of collaging, use of felt tips and water colours.

Turner Prize - Tino Sehgal

         Tino Sehgal was born in 1976 is a British-German artist based in Berlin. He studied political economy and dance so his work is very performance based. 

         All of Sehgal's works exist ephemerally and are documented only in the viewer's memory. The artist himself describes his works as 'constructed situations'.  His materials are the human voice, language, movement and interaction. He resists the production of physical objects.

        His work involves one or more people carrying out instructions conceived by the artist. His work is never usually captured on camera or film, as his work is always derived from the moment. 

       He is a Turner Prize Nominee for 2013 for his work 'This Variation'. This piece consists of a dark and rural room, in which viewers walk around, reacting to unseen performers' noises, making them feel uneasy. This brings the viewers out of their comfort zone, allowing heightened, responsive experience. 

       This piece approaches both art and performance with an Artuadian style. Heightening the viewer's sense and perceptions of art and performance combined. 

Guerra De La Paz - Textile block

The 3D textile artist Guerra De La Paz turns discarded clothes into sculptures, which is similar to what the brief for the textile block was - to use an old garment and turn it into something else.

He made giant sculptures out of old clothes which were the opposite to their previous functions which is what I was aiming for. And that is why Guerra De La Paz inspired me to male a giant stationary set out of an old wool cardigan as a response to my brief.





In Guerra's pieces of work he used bold colours with the fabrics, even though is pieces are made of fabric so naturally are artificial the colours he uses are very real.

Andy Goldsworthy - 3D block

 Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, 3D artist and photographer, He creates environmentally friendly pieces/structures which are all site specific and are usually made out of natural materials


This work links to my 3D work as I used sticks like Goldsworthy has, however mine differs as I have used a bucket to push the sticks through like the images to the right but with a black or white bucket, and 3 lined up with each other.

I find these sculptures of Goldsworthy's very interesting as every material is natural and the abnormal sculpture because of that reason fit into nature.

Richard Tuttle - Fine Art Block

Richard Tuttle is a American post-minimalist artist, and his work is small and makes use of line and scale.

His work with wire links to my fine art project as I have used wire to create spirals like he has shapes and lines.

Our technique and process in creating our work was very similar because his drawn line goes from 2D to 3D which is how I did my work however I moved back to 2D. Richard in second image moves from ink to paint to wire showing his versatility in his work and its very interesting how he transforms this 2D lines in to 3D ones.

Modern Painters - September 2013. Cage of Flesh - Oil on canvas 2012

The composition of this painting is more to the right but in the middle of the page, the model is bending her back towards the left with her head back and arms up. The pose is simple so all you can see is the top of the body and the long hair.

Its a very realistic image as the colours are skin tones, with browns and white also the hair is browns oranges and blacks.

You can see the tone in the painting on the woman, the detail in the skin tone is obvious and realistic, and this is the same with the hair.

Frieze Issue 157 - Periphal Visions.

The kinetic artist Julio le parc for more than 50 years has been exploring spectirship, movement and partcipation.

I found the use of colour in these images interesting, and you can imagine from the image how the artist uses movement to create an warped effect. The simplicity of the images adds to the effectiveness as they are just stripy circles with different colour palettes.

One image a harmonious colour scheme in the main circle with green going into yellow then the stripes are red onto which is opposite green to green on the colour wheel.

Julio Le Parc has used colour and his knowledge on colour theory to his advantage, as he has been able to create the movement in the circle with the right colours making interesting colours from the patterns.

An Other Issue 24. Fashion - Louis Vutton Advert

 I found this Louis Vutton advert extremely effective as it certainly grabs your attention. Its extremely repetative with the repeated patteren of black, yellow and light brown squares within the clothes which is excentuated as the yellow squares are repeated in the background.
With the bold bright coloured squares on the clothes, accesories and through the article it reflects his collection Louis Vutton is advertising.

The advert follows the repetative theme with even the models being cloned and places in the same postion on a different section of the page. Its a simple effective idea which has been made detailed by having the patterns and models repeated.

 The models have been place smaller in the middle of the page and the models at both sides are bigger, which is creating the effect of a room with patterned walls and floors which you are just at the edge of.

New Design Issue 103. Graphics -Seeing Pattern

This article shows how at London Newcastle Project Space, artists celebrated pattern through graphics.

The images in the article are all monochrome patterns, the image on the right shows how fashion can be incorportated with graphics as the outfit is a repeated monochrome pattern like the floor shown on the article background. In the top right photo it shows an whole wall fileld with a repeated monochrome pattern using thick straight lines and rectangles that get smaller. Like it says in the article the event partner BAF Graphics wrapped the walls and all the main surfaces with a variety of substrates and bespoke graphics.

When you first look at the article you know it must be about pattern as the patterns are bold and incorporated into the whole article.

New Design Issue 103. Papers- Curiouser and Curiouser

Following week 4 of the foundation course about paper engineering, this article caught my eye which I found very interesting.

An artist has worked with The Creative Paper company, and to promote this he has made two large brightly coloured paper sculptures of abstract people- which you can see to the right.

The paper looks like it has been very thinly cut as these sculptures are very detailed causing them to look active. The detail in the sculptures is exquiste.

The artist has made the sculptures colourful, not just using white paper he has used harmonious colour schemes adding to the detail. Where the colour is on the sculptures it has been made into as interesting shape, with curved lines around the body of the figure adding to the abstract nature. The positions of the figure are very life like which counter acts the abstract nature as you can tell it is supposed to be a figure.

Ceramic Review - Issue 263. A bit of clay on the skin: New ceramic jewellary.

This abstract ceramic jewellary uses china plates, bowls and cups as as a substitute for the usual materials and shapes of regular and practical jewellary.

 This image shows the model with white plates, bowls and cups from her elbows to her fingertips and a plate around her neck, all places where jewellary would be placed.

The ceramic jewellary is white and is interesting because along her arms each plate is separated by a bowl making it seem like a repetitive pattern.

The bigger plate that is around her neck has the majority of the middle cut out so it rests on her shoulders too.

I think the idea of using regular household goods that you see everyday and the purpose of them is obvious and changing that purpose into something completely different shows how you can see things in different ways.

The British Journal of Photography. Volume 160 Issue N.O 7816 Alexander McQueen: Working Process by Nick Waplington

Photographer Nick Waplington gained exclusive access to fashion designer Alexander Mcqueens studio to produce a series into his working process.

The images in the series which has been made into a book 'Working Process' show Alexander Mcqueens hands on approach and how he is involved with the whole process from start to finish of his collection.

One image shows Alexander Mcqueen and a model in the centre of the image with the designer noticibly pinning the last few final details onto the models outfit. Alexander said 'My next collection is what I consider my retrospective collection, I'm recycling all of my ideas from thr past 15 years' This is relflected in the book as there are images of landfill sites and recycling plants, also he uses rubbish and recycled plastic in his work.


 Fashion and photography go hand in hand for this project and it has worked really well and is able to serve as a good memory of how Alexander Mcqueen worked and himself as a fashion designer.

The British Journal of Photography. Volume 160 Issue N.O 7816 Gerwyn Davies Series Beast

Gerwyn Davies' series 'Beast' is imaginative and beyond the norm, with extraordinary costumes he creates and photographs with final pieces which look very odd.

Gerwyn says 'Through costume and dress we are able to build narratives onto our physical selves and fabricate the person we want to project' 'There are limitless opportunities for reinvention and play but we generally just stick to the safety of that norm' Beast is a challenge to that norm.



The images to the right are from Davies' series 'Beast', here you can see the abnormality of the costumes and how effective they are in a photograph with the added props.

The British Journal of Photography. Volume 160 Issue N.O 7816 'Nothing to See'

The 'Nothing to See' article caught my eye as it debates about a photographers right to control their own image and the right to inform.

Photographer Yan Morvan documented real life situations and followed gangs in France's suburbs for over 40 years. I find it interesting when artists are able to inform and educate their audiences on subjects and issues through the medium of art.
In the image on the right, it shows an arm of man with writing on which seems to be showing what he believes in. However you are unable to see his face which could suggest he is representing the gangs in France and not just his own views.

My First Post

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