Exhibition

Here are some photos of the exhibition we finished earlier on today.


This is where the animation will be displayed onto using the data projector kindly lent to us by graham.

This is where the projector will be positioned on aimed at the door.

This is the awesome organic half to the piece that the rest of the guys made whilst i was in New York and working on the animation.


Again from another angle

Stencils retrieved from the environment

This is an image I retreived from NY, I opened it into photoshop and with a few tweaks of the levels, brightness and contrast was able to convert it into this:

now that I have a clear monochrome image to play with I can print this out and then convert it into a stencil via removing the black letters with a craft knife, always get permission from an adult kids.

now that I have removed the Black from the image a stencil is clearly visible, with this I plan on applying a identical layer on the door using spray paint.

Here are some other images I have taken and edited into stencils:

Jennifer Collier

Jennifer Collier was a really strong inspiration to our organic side of the door, her use of found everyday objects and collage are so exciting and visually pleasing. i think this is what we wanted to aim for in our work, something which wasn't a "eye sore" to look at! Jennifer Collier works in textiles crafts and often makes garments with her materials, her work is so delicate but also has a element of elegance to it, her work inspires me so much for the use of layering and putting detail together. I think that this was is a great idea for the organic side of the door!!

Duracell tv advert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVTo4y5e08k

When i first came across this video it reminded me of one of the ideas we first had of making a sculpture from detail eg making a key from padlocks. i think that this could of been a really strong idea given more time as we all really liked the idea of making something like this. also looking at this advert i think this type of idea comes across very strong and a different way of approaching an idea.

The Maccabees Music Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j44-GTlOU6k

This is one of the first videos that i looked at, i really liked the idea of collage and using mixed media. Also with the research in the sketchbook i think the photos were a good idea as well, depending how much room would be left on the door. i love the way its all put together and think this could be a massive influence of one side of our door maybe urban with tickets? and man made found objects or the organic side with the use of leaves and collage more natural found things etc.

Exhibition Space

So we all went into the exhibition space today, its looking pretty good. the size is comfy a good 10" x
8.5" floor space is plenty of room for what we intend on doing.

Can't wait to get all set up and ready.

New York - Inspiration

Over the 4 days I spent in New York I gathered quite a large range of urban art/imagery.
I used this collection to help partially design the urban door.

The biggest thing I was looking at was ‘tags’, where as the vandals/artists (depending on your opinion) would sign objects, vehicles, walls. These come in a vast array of sizes, colours and styles, much like that a normal person’s signature.


These appeared almost everywhere in some of the more disadvantaged communities I travelled to whilst visiting the city, and I have to admit I like them.




Along my travels I saw a bike locked to a lamppost on the side of the pavement. The way it incoporated both the organic and urban side as one was brilliant.