I thought I would use this week's topic as an opportunity to talk about a piece that I am working on for Studio Extension. It's a shame that I don't get to see what you are all working on and vice versa, so here is a brief description of what I am trying to convey through this work. (If you haven't spotted it yet, it's the one made of clear packing tape and feathers stuck on the big white wall opposite the 2nd year studios... oh and it's not quite finished yet!)
The work is directly about the here and now, exploring transcendental concepts surrounding form, space and the void. In doing so, it abstracts architectural structures in which we function and move through within our daily lives. It incorporates the architectural surface so that the forms seemingly grow and protrude out from within the wall. The wall becomes more than just a flat two-dimensional and unexceptional structure, as the voids within the forms indicate an interior. While this illusion encourages greater awareness of the space and of our interaction with the space, the voids are impenetrable. They are filled with matter and sealed off from the viewer. This leads us to consider the space in a new light, looking into its unreal yet organic appearance.
The connection between the work and its audience is that when the onlooker views the form they become the beholder of that space, and thus more aware of their relationship with it. I think it is important to look at the notion of art and audience in a metaphysical manner, whereby a work which falls under the theme of abstract, or spiritual, or transcendental, or something along those lines, encourages the viewer to look within and reflect on their own state of existence.
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