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.