In our final week of this project we returned to Artlink to review the material from our last session in the theatre studio. Although the studio session was a culmination of our developments working with the mobiles, we decided to continue to explore the OHP projection. Simplifying the technology allowed us to return to ideas that the group could continue to use in their own practice. Howard spent quite some time playing with the OHP projection materials last time and we wanted to see if we could create the same effect back at ArtLink. This time we decided to explore some of the found materials that we hadn’t yet had the time to pursue.
Elaine used a range of materials positioned onto the OHP glass to create a collaged scene. What was really gripping was the fine hand drawn bird used with the other rough textured material.
It is fascinating in seeing the final image, but also exposing the technology, this creates a double readership of construction and outcome. John also gave this a go by colouring over a transparent sheet; this was layered in the space using a suspended hanging bird to give a 3-dimensional quality.
It is fascinating in seeing the final image, but also exposing the technology, this creates a double readership of construction and outcome. John also gave this a go by colouring over a transparent sheet; this was layered in the space using a suspended hanging bird to give a 3-dimensional quality.
Here John also layered his coloured transparency using found materials like the dried leaf above. Although subtle the movement of the bird added a nice time based element making this image less static.
Howard also explored some found materials again creating a sort of underwater collage.
Carrie had a play keeping to the simplicity of the previous weeks using simple colours and shapes. Here we kept moving the mobile to see how we could add movement.
Sadly, this completes our short series of workshops taking inspiration from the Nike Savvas exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery. The main aims of the project were to explore movement and spatial design and the group have certainly engaged fantastically with these ideas. I was impressed with how willing the group were to try new ideas and trust the simplicity of a torch! The finial session allowed us to return to simple material and light that can create just as rich depth and lighting opportunities as the more complex theatre studio. It has been a pleasure getting to know the group and I look forward to reading and seeing their future art practice – I have put a selection of images from the 4 sessions in a Flickr gallery below.
http://www.flickr.com//photos/davidshearing/sets/72157633444905326/show/
http://www.flickr.com//photos/davidshearing/sets/72157633444905326/show/
David
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