Inspiration of the Week - Joseph Cornell

The work that Joseph Cornell does that I am most interested in is his box art assemblages. These are made up of objects like bric a brac, old toys and other obscure objects.

What I like about these assemblages is that because these objects are usually quite old which means that they tell an interesting story.

What I found the most interesting about my project last year was how collections of objects begin to form a narrative and then form a representation of the people that live in these areas.

I also think that this is an interesting method of displayed as instead of being in the outside world and being interacted with, which is what most of the objects would have been designed to be, they are contained and placed within boundaries for people to observe, almost like a museum piece.  

I think that the main influence that these pieces of work will have on my work in future will be how to think differently about how to display and arrange these objects in space.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from this site:

https://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cornell/

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.

Inspiration of the Week - Nina Katchadourian

Nina Katchadourian is an artist who works within many different areas of art including photography, sculpture and video.

The piece that I am going to talk about is her ongoing project "Paranormal Postcards".

In this she has placed different postcards on the wall after stitching into them with red thread and also connecting some of them with red dotted lines.

I really like this work as it allows the viewer to follow almost a global narrative even thought there might actually be one, I am also really interested in them and do collect them from the places I go. 

For my final project as part of my final display  I want there to be some postcards available for people to take away with them. I am also using this project as a source of display inspiration as I am looking for a different way to document my work. 

NB - all photographs here have been taken from the artist's site:

http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/
http://www.ninakatchadourian.com/chartssystems/paranormal.php

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.


Until next time
byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Róisín -x

Walking and Cataloguing

So the main event that happened this week was that I went for a walk next to the River Carron near to my house. 

The point in this walk was to leave my mark in ogham behind by using the environment and things that I found. 

I also took photos of objects that were left behind, and also collected some of these objects. 

I have also began researching how to take photos that could be used in a catalogue and began experimenting by following some rules online.

I also finished off stuff for my research file and wrote out the results of my survey and added my maps.

I have also began looking at my mark and thought about doing a walk where I predesigned and made a mark to place along a route, so here is the setchbook pages I had with that.

I have also been thinking a lot about display and did a couple experiments in my sketchbook and have started collecting jars that I could maybe use. 

I have sorted put the things that I need for my drifting walk and the phrases printed from my survey to place and plan to do them this Wednesday and Thursday. 

So that's all I've got for you just now,

See you next week,

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Róisín -x 

Busy busy

So this week has been pretty hectic and busy and I haven't had as much time as I had hoped for to go on walks, although I did manage to get three done.

This week my focus has been on display and walks.

With display I looked a bit into how I would present objects in a collection type thing. 

The first walk I did was looking at following a route to have the images embedded into the map, I didn't get exactly what I was looking for however I still think it went okay.

The second was a walk specifically to look for found objects which I think worked better because I did manage to find so interesting pieces. 

We finished college early one day and so I took this opportunity to walk along the river at the back of the college as there is a public path down there. I think this walk was pretty successful as it was a nice day and so I felt that I got some really good photographs (although I might have got a bit carried away when taking photos of birds). I was also able to find a good range of objects and I even seen a bit of newspaper left in a way that that has given me some ideas for some of my next walks. 

My next plan carrying on from this is to take photographs of these in almost like a catalogue format, I also need to get an Argos catalogue or something for a bit of background research. 

My next one will be dérive inspired where I will write out instructions on where to go based on marks that I would see. 

So that's all I gots for you this week,

See you next week, 

Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeee,

Róisín -x 

Inspiration of the Week - Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw is an American artist who normally works in both painting and installation

His exhibition here deals with multiple issues and different types of imagery, mostly inspired by his childhood home of Michigan. 

What I am looking at here is not so much the imagery or themes, but more looking at how the artist has displayed his work.

One of the biggest question marks that exists in my next project is how I am going to display my final piece as it is more of a documentary style project. 

I really like this particular area here and think that this has given me the most inspiration.

I think that having images suspended from the ceiling and also on the wall would add a form of narrative to my work and make people more interested in going to see it.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from these sites:

http://www.metropicturesgallery.com/artists/jim-shaw/
http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/jim-shaw-the-end-is-here
http://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/jim-shaw-the-end-is-here-review-new-museum-new-york

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.


Until next time
byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Róisín -x

Inspiration of the Week - "Tubism"

So this post isn't going to be an artist but mostly a sort of visual inspiration that I found mostly by accident. This idea of Tubism simply comes from editing or creating your own version on a London underground map.

So I discovered this article on a site while looking at some stuff about the Situationists, and found the idea quite interesting.

The writer of this article (Pierre Nadilon) was actually a designer himself and made the above images and made them "Tubist portraits"

Although this isn't a particularly new idea I do like how it's fun and lighthearted, and I could do my own ones relevant to my project, as I am planning on having postcard sized prints available for people to take away with them and these could be added to give the selection a bit of variety, that's if I'm even able to make anything like these.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from these websites:
http://www.thepolisblog.org/2013/10/tubism-pierre-nadilon.html
http://londonist.com/2011/03/a-guide-to-alternative-london-tube-maps
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/09/how-wine-became-metropolitan-an-interview-with-david-gissen/244698/

I do not own any of the pictures on this post.

So just a short one today
byyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeee

Róisín -x