The Future Is Here

 

 

 

 

I went to this exhibition not knowing what to expect, like i had a few thing on mind thinking it relates to the theme but i was so surprised. Well... I didnt really enjoy myself in this exhibition, due to the reason that i actually didnt find anything interesting. There was alot of information on history about factorys and carriges. I dont think it was a bad exhibition, it just wasnt a place for me.

This exhibition relates to the future, meaning what to expect from the future in terms of objects and items ect.

 

These were the only items i found interesting and that relate to me.

 

                                                          

 

Ellen Gallagher AxME

AxME is Gallaghers first major retroperspective in the uk.

This was the map for Gallaghers show, from the entrance to the exit; the exhibition was planned in every detail with 11 rooms, every room had was set in dates and collections of her work. Personally my favourite was room 4, and this is beacuse the most texture was used on her work from 'Black Paintings' 1998 - 2002. I thought it was stunning with the abstract forms of: heads, Dancing figures and landscapes.

 

This has to be one of my favourite exhibitions so far! I loved the work she produced, it was beautiful. In this exhibition she has used a large variety of techniques and skills which were: Painting, drawing, sculpture, collage and film; she often combined multiple media in a single piece. On some of these pieces she has: cuts, mounts, prints, blots and inscribes to build up surfaces or scarpe them away. The results were the thickest texture of each work. This is the part where i fell in love with her work. The textures she had created were unique and amazing. The development and process of her work was mark-making.

Gallaghers subject matter also defies simple catigorisation from fantastical marine organisms, to advertisements from vintage magazines, googly eyes, viscous wigs made of modelling clay, and fields of repetitive marks that may be abstract, figurative, or occupy the ambiguous order between the two.
Gallagher was known for her painting with exaggerated lips and eyes, associated with black people in cartoons or minstrel shows. Her later works draw upon wig advertisements, science fiction, oceanography and the novels of Herman Melville. Another important motif was music with imagination and baroque wordplay, of Jazz/Funk.

"You start off with a limited class of signs and, like jazz, you revisit and repeat with slight changes and build structure... Its a shifting loop that with each rotation doesnt line up precisely."

Her work, in room 4:

My rough notes and sketches

 

 

Blade Runner

Blade Runner, was a American Sci-Fi thriller Film directed by Ridley Scott, set in 1982. The film was about replicants; Genetically engineered organic robots. Visiually you couldnt realise the difference between adult humans and their orginial identity.


This film, linked with our current project: Past, present and future because it was hailed for its production design, which depicted a retrofitted future.

Dead Or Alivee ??

Burying my memories wasnt such a good idea for me, only because i love to keep my items in my room and without them, my room feels empty. Although i am quite happy in a strange way, now that i know ive buried my objects in my auties garden im just waiting for the years to fly by and see what state i find them in.


Steps of how i buried my memories ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Past, Present & Future

 
A selection of 10 items, that represented my past present and future in order to remember how important memories and aspirations are.
These items were selected as inspirations to create a personal time capsule package, where these items will be buried and dug up after 10 years; 2023.

            

I started drawing these in different media. also we tried something a little different to what we usually do, which was: Drawing with my eyes closed, feeling the texture if what i was drawing, not drawing the shape i felt, but drawing the texture i felt. another one was to hear the object and to draw the sound also the final one was to taste the item, which i didnt quite enjoy doing but i guess it was experience in the end of the day!

 

This was a rough drawing that ive started, but havent yet completed of my fan. I used black ink with a fine liner, give this effect.