Weekend: Two Exhibition Trips: Ellen Gallagher and 'The Future is Here':
Ellen Gallagher:
I really enjoyed the Ellen Gallagher Exhibition and particularly liked her incorporation of many different influences into one piece. The literary references throughout, for example the many references to 'Moby Dick', were very interesting.
These images are my favourite features of the exhibition. The film 'cave' on the right stood out for me as it enabled the viewers almost to immerse themselves in the art. It also made me a bit claustrophobic and this had the effect of heightening the experience.
The Future is Here:
I particularly enjoyed this exhibition not only because it introduced me to innovative new technologies and ideas but also because it recognised the importance of history in the development of these (for example man's first flight, pictured below left).
Among my favourite displays was the 'Mataerial' invented by Joris Laarman Lab. It is also called 'anti-gravity object modelling' and can create objects by effectively 'drawing' them in mid-air (see image below).
Day 2: Monday 2nd September:
Drawings of time capsule objects from our past and present. For completed work see previous posts.
Self Directed Study: Tuesday 3rd September:
Buried time capsule (see 1st post), set up and started Blog.
Day 3: Wednesday 4th September, Exhibition Visits:
The thing I found most interesting in the exhibition were the places in which the protagonist had pieced together bits of History (our present). There was an instalment of a cart filled with supposedly historic objects such as 'Moonshine' and 'Griffin Tears', showing how our fiction had been mixed with fact. There were displays talking of things such as the 'religious practice of recycling' and 'palaces called hospitals where everyone helped those in need'. One wall talked about the ancient 'great gates' of London (the tube stations) and named them things such as 'The Edge Where' and 'Use Town'. These ideas, showing how records and memory can be warped and changed, I found very intriguing.
When I was going round the exhibition many features reminded me a lot of the novel '1984' by George Orwell. The idea that history, truth and memory could destroyed and then rewritten was apparent in the novel and the exhibition (image on the left: the front cover of '1984' next to a picture from the exhibition of words being burnt).
'Ideas are not things. Ideas do not quench your thirst. You may think they give you power, but that is not true' - Exhibition Quote
Photography Exhibition V&A:
The same day we also visited the photography exhibition at the V&A. I felt it tied in well with this project due to the way photographs capture moments and save memories. Even the most mundane moments which where meticulously staged for the photos on the right by Francis Kearney.
In the photos below Duane Michals used sequence photography to suggest a narrative. Entitled 'Chance Meeting'; this image captures an insignificant moment beautifully.
I particularly enjoyed the Photography exhibition displays of stereocards. I have a stereoscope and a collection of cards at home given to me by my Grandad (who was a collector of stereocards and even wrote a book about them). I like the relevance of this to this project due to the contrasting technologies of past and present.
Serpentine Pavilion:
Each year the Serpentine
Gallery commissions an architect to design a temporary Pavilion. This year Sou Fulimoto designed this structure:
Day 4: Recording Timeline:
On Friday we came up with our own methods of recording the week. I chose an iconic image from the film 'Blade Runner' and drew into the iris a series of images and quotes from the week around a pupil of the Ravensbourne logo. I then wrote in key words associated with the week for eyelashes.
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