Inspiration of the Week - Wunderkammer: The Museum of Lost and Forgotten Objects

The Museum of Lost and Forgotten Objects is an exhibition that explores "the desire to dominate, control, and possess".

What I'm looking into for my project isn't so much control or possession, but more the idea of domination and human desire in general. So I thought that looking at this exhibition would help give me a few new ideas on how to deal with this type of subject matter.

I like the intricacy and detail that is within all of these objects and I think that because they are displayed this way it lets them tell their own story.

I think these pieces are quite interesting and all fit quite well with each other and I sort of think that they look like an old medicine cabinet as part of an olden day set or something.

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

https://art.base.co/event/5448-wunderkammer-the-museum-of-lost-and-forgotten-objects-nadia-mercuri-sarah-field

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


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Róisín -x

Inspiration of the Week - Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst is an installation artist know for his controversial pieces featuring animals floating in formaldehyde.

So I'm not really a fan of Damien Hirst's work however I do appreciate his themes and subject matter. The subject matter for "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" is the idea of death and how frightening it is to come face to face with it. 

The reason that I am looking at this piece in particular is because I want to deal with the inevitably that we will all be forgotten. I think that we want to think that we are important and will be remembered for a long time with the reality being that we will be forgotten after about three generations.

What I want to say with my work is that being forgotten isn't a bad thing and is just how the world works so there is no point in hiding from this fact and should move on.

Although I won't be suspending animals in formaldehyde, I do think that Damien Hirst has used a good visual to say what he was trying to say with his work.

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

http://www.damienhirst.com/home
http://www.damienhirst.com/the-physical-impossibility-of
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/the-sublime/luke-white-damien-hirsts-shark-nature-capitalism-and-the-sublime-r1136828
http://www.saatchigallery.com/aipe/damien_hirst.htm

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


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Róisín -x

Inspiration of the Week - 100 Years Project

The 100 Years Project is an online project by internet content creator Dana Roc in which she asks people what they want to be remembered for in 100 years.

This project is really interesting as almost everyone wants to be remembered for something, and there is a wide range for what people want to be remembered showing human diversity and personality.

The answers themselves were interesting because of how detailed some of them can be, like the person has been thinking a lot about it and thinking about it quite deeply, whereas some of them are simple one word answers.

For my project I am interested in looking into why and in what ways we want to be remembered and so I think this project is a good piece of research to have.

However the point that I want to make with this project is that we will be forgotten and that that isn't necessarily a bad thing. 

I am planning on making my mark being somehow related to the ways that we try to be noticed and remembered amidst the crowd.

NB - all photographs here have been taken from these sites:
http://www.danaroc.com/the100yearsproject/

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


Until next time
byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Róisín -x