Star of the Day

This gives me vertigo a bit. But in a nice way.

How many other ways can I procrastinate?

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

Close Up Etchings

that i made for my outcome 2 wall piece.

I was etching for about 7 hours to get these

4 plates done last week and i'm really

happy with how they came out.

Space is often seen as scientific, whereas place is personal. So collection is based around the idea of ‘Science of Memory’ highlights areas of the brain that deal with memory which I made by etching and relief printing which I liked as the process of printmaking gives an aged quality without being a pastiche.

"The Science of Memory'

Outcome 2 is a physical manifestation of my findings on space and place,

I wanted to explore how interaction transforms a space into a place.

The bare wall is an impersonal space that is transformed into place when

viewers physically interact and place the objects on the wall.

Interactive element is important as I want people to impose there own

idea of how the objects should be arranged and how the space should look.

I AM A FREE WOMAN

of sorts. for a bit at least. I can just lie in bed!

and watch my so called life! and not feel guilty!

can you sense the excitement?

These are pictures of my FMP outcome 1; a book split into 2 that deal with space (abstraction, confusion) and place (specific areas on the page- columns, margins) respectively.

making cat noises...

...over these beauties.

Visual Editions

For the 2 outcomes for my fmp was thinking of doing one written piece to collate together all this theory i've been reading, and a physical piece to visualise what i have researched. To go with the themes of space, perception and non-place the written piece needs to be sympathetically designed with the contents.

For this i've been looking at the most immediate designers/ publishers who have used pushed book design away from the expected formats we have grown accustom to. print CLEARLY isn't dead, but it has to do something out of the ordinary to catch your attention.

These are from a range of Visual Editions' books (tristram shandy and tree of codes; extremely loud and incredibly close was also on their website as a lovely example of visual writing). V.E and I.B, i heart you.

http://visual-editions.com/

Irma Boom

Books designed away from the expected. Irma Boom makes tiny models of all her books which provided the inspiration for this one. A 704 page tiny book of tiny books with red printed edges and 450 full colour illustrations. Loverleh.

http://www.typotheque.com/books/irma_boom_biography_in_books

http://designmuseum.org/design/irma-boom

Rachel Whiteread-"mummifying the air in the room"

making positive from negative space, lived in domestic environments (the void of a Victorian house), undeveloped perspectives (looking to fine art- Vermeer); need to physically work out and piece components together; the room for 'ghost' (first image below) had to have a door, window and fireplace; casting a space for sculptures to fit in- the room was built up using plaster and hessian that is further reinforced with a metal skeleton inside.

Mike Nelson

" Artists, like conspiracy theorists, need to make connections, however implausible. They need to deal with mental space as well as physical objects, history as well as the present."

Triple Bluff Canyon and Coral Reef- both parallel worlds, the uncomfortable feeling of isolation, as if whoever abandoned this specific space is about to come back and catch you off guard. The contrast between the space; vast emptiness and the seedy claustrophobia.

http://www.mattsgallery.org/artists/nelson/exhibition-3.php

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2004/may/11/1

Kolmanskop

saw this last week in the new National Geographic, photographed by Chris Gray; Kolmanskop is an abandoned diamond mining community in Namibia, where the houses have become invaded by the surrounding sand.

I SENT ITTT

finally, a week overdue...but not really. Now onto the next one.