Finished TULCA Response

Here is my response to our visit to TULCA 2013. I used the front and back covers of the festival book and I used the map covers too on the inside. I used string to hold the piece together and I did ink drawings of some of the piece I mentioned in the piece.

TULCA Response

For my response to TULCA I am going to make a mini book using the cover pages of the festival book. In the book I will critique the festival including the theme, venues and pieces on display.

Critique of Works From Exhibition

"Meditation on the bog" by Colin Bracken

Coloured chalk on slate

Colin's piece caught my eye straight away. Aesthetically it is a beautiful piece. I think chalk is the perfect media. It radiates a sense of tranquility through the the movement of the blue strokes. I like the use of slate and how it ties in with cave paintings. My one problem is with how the piece was hung, mainly the problem of the slate tilting. However there was nothing Colin could have done about that so I won't hold it against him. I found Colin's artistic statement well written and presented. It gave me more of an insight into his piece. Overall I am a fan of Colin's artwork and can easily imagine it on a wall in anyone's home.

"Electric Checkboard" by Keith Smyth

Mixed media on canvas

I enjoyed Keith's piece. It didn't feel like it was trying to say something which made me like it more. Aesthetically pleasing piece which looked like a lot of fun to make. I like the use of the red and blue chalk pastels. The piece seemed to jump off the walk towards you the more you looked at it. Reading his artistic statement gave me an insight to how Keith would have had to work to create this similar possibly to how prehistoric people would have created their cave pieces. Overall I enjoyed Keith's piece. 

L2L Exhibition Nailing Down Visions

I liked how my piece was displayed in the exhibition. I think it was at the right height for people to view it properly. The light at the time of the opening of the exhibition was very nice and did not take away from my piece. 

Overall the exhibition was a success. There were a lot of great work on display. The pieces I am thinking about critiquing are:

                             
                                   

                                   


                                        

                                   


                                   

                                        

    

  

Ecstasy

This piece is inspired by the documentary The Day Pictures Were Born from the BBC series How Art made the World. What interested me most was the theme of trance. In the documentary we see a shaman going into a trance state. Before he goes into that state he zones out as his eyes go back into his head. This got me thinking if I was in a trance state how would the world appear to me. Chalk pastels were used to make bold colours and abstract images to show this. I used chalk pastels because I wanted bold colours but with a blurred effect like you would see in a trance. 

Final Concept For Nailing Down Visions Project

I have decided to ditch my concept of the puppet on a string. Was to obivious and I couldn't think of a way of putting a new spin on it. I have decided to go back to one of my original ideas, a landscape piece through the eyes of a person in a trance state. I feel that using chalk pastel will be the best medium to get across my concept the best. I will use a lot of colour but since I am using chalk the effect won't be to loud with the edges being soft. I will have a lot of movement throughout the piece using different lines to carry the viewers eyes across the piece.

Working On Concept For Nailing Down Visions Project

Could not a breeze block or good cement block to work with so will have to change my concept. Was working with the eye theme but have started to move away from that now. I am interested in the motion if you are in a trance state then you are no longer in control. You could possibly be under the control of someone else, puppet on a string.I looked at the idea of when I was working in the factory I felt like I was in a trance state where I switched off went I stepped into work and did what I was told to do, distancing myself from the work so I could survive the tough work I had to do. Not sure yet it if my idea is too obvious saying your under someones control therefore you are a puppet on a string.