Alfredo Jaar

There is an artwork from Alfredo Jaar, I found out this is quite interesting.
Besides its meaning, the relationship between space and human, the atmosphere of the building and wall, which is really inspired me about this wallpaper project.

from Art monthly, there is an interview about Alfredo Jaar.

'I consider myself an architect making art and most of my practice is site-specific. In the past 30 years I have divided my work into three distinct areas and only one-third of my practice takes place in what we call the art world. But because of its extraordinary insularity – it is a small world in which we mostly talk to each other – I decided to get out.'


About this work, I also take have some quote from Art monthly.

" After 60 seconeds of darkness, the lights come on and gradually intensity. When you get used to the blinding light you realise that both side walls are mirrored, which creates an infinite wall on both sides. You are illuminated historically, conceptually, physically and emotionally by the faces of living and the dead."


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silhouette

• noun
  • the dark outline or shape of a person or an object that you see against a light background （淺色背 景襯托出的）暗色輪廓 countable uncountable
    • the silhouette of chimneys and towers 煙囪和塔樓的輪廓
    • The mountains stood out in silhouette. 群山的輪廓襯托了出來。
  • the shape of a person's body or of an object （人的）體形；（事物的）形狀 countable
    • The dress is fitted to give you a flattering silhouette. 穿這件連衣裙，你顯得更有身段了。
  • a picture that shows somebody/something as a black shape against a light background, especially one that shows the side view of a person's face 剪影；（尤指人臉的）側影 countable
• verb
  • to make something appear as a silhouette 使呈現暗色輪廓 VN usually passive

talks

http://www.ted.com/translate/languages/chi_hant?page=1

there are some talks related arts and also with chinese subtitle,
with subtitle, more temptation to watch:)

Mick Ebeling: 一項“解放”藝術家禁錮的發明 | Video on TED.com

Mick Ebeling: 一項“解放”藝術家禁錮的發明 | Video on TED.com

Thaneeya McArdle

http://www.eyeconart.net/blog/?s=iconic

richard wright

Richard Wright

Wright decorates architectural spaces with intricately designed geometric patterns in paint and gold leaf.^[4] His work of art includes a wide range of works made on paper, from prints on poster paper to elaborate and complex large-scale works that can include thousands of hand drawn and painted marks.

His paintings are often short-lived, only surviving the length of an exhibition, they are painted over at the end of the show. This often seems to heighten the senses of the viewer in the knowledge that the work may not be viewable again, in any other place, at any other time. Turner Prize judge Andrea Schlieker described him as a "painter who rejects the canvas";^[5] fellow judge Jonathan Jones called him a "modern fresco painter".^[4] Wright injects complex works into often overlooked architectural spaces.

On 7 December 2009 Wright received the Turner Prize 2009^[6] for his golden fresco on the walls of Tate Britain's second room.

momotaro

one of the idea of mac millian, didnt do it at the end, but still found some cute images.

some ideas about children's bedroom design

http://www.lauraashley.com/wallpaper/girls-tabatha-ballerina-wallpaper-border/invt/3466692/

http://www.thewhitecompany.com/productdetails.aspx?Id=1000775&ItemNo=SFRBA-MASTER&SelectedItem=SFRBA-MASTER

http://wallpaperhistory.com/VintageWallpaperGuide/?tag=wall-covering

http://www.designersguild.com/fabric-and-wallpaper-showroom/designers-guild-kids/


http://www.cole-and-son.com/collection_detail.asp?CollectionID=11

http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/p-11630-cath-kidston-circus-wallpaper.aspx

http://www.fournimagz.com/modern-original-very-cool-and-funny-plush-kids-beds-concept-design-from-incredibeds-collection.html/sweet-funny-plush-kids-bed-design-ideas

project proposal

From the shop project, I am really enjoying in it, because I like shopping so much , sometimes I think I am a shopaholic, I bought different range of stuff, cheap to expensive, woman's wear to tableware. I think that is why I really want to created some products.

I found out there is not a big amount choosing for children's bedroom wallpaper, has been look through some designer shop, I went to Chelsea Harbor design center, designer guild, cath kidston, laura ashley, found out there are only few of them suit children. I am also quite interested in children's room design, if its okay, I would like to have have a space, try to design or make a room for children.

After doing macmillan,
I really enjoyed about making small but repeated figure.

For the third year major, there are some ideas I am thinking about.

1) I would like to create a series of wall paper.
through the work like this, It would be good to make some wall covering, wall stickers, or wall paper.
for example, a collection of circus, marry-go-around wall paper. collection of transportation, flowers, bugs, no birds, some mineral maybe.

2) I have been collect some toy car and some drawing about toy car, I would like to make some tableware, towel, pillow or even duvet cover inspired by toy car for boys' bedroom.

two of them are still very vague, but both of them i do like it and cant wait to start it.




Wallpaper for children was my first idea, in this case, I start to research some artworks related to wall and space, I found out that is very interesting.
There is a lot to talk about how the wall start to connected with paper. functional concern? decoration?

evalutaion

Looking back these two years, I think I did learned and also change a lot.
In the first year, I think I am quite open-mind, using different materials, interested in diversity fields, such as fashion, story developing, film making. I feel happy and passion when I doing this, I did not limit my style , enjoy making stuff and just follow what tutor said.

In the second year, I was setting up myself to focus on children books, I think I try to be " childlike " on every project, kind of too over, because some of them do not suit this style. In this case, I kind of stuck on it.




Look through these projects in my second year, I was excited about the Moby Dick,and also children's book.
I was try to combine two of them, but generally speaking, moby dick is not even a children's book, in my opinion, is a very sad story with some scary truth, that why the final outcome become a children-like book. childlike drawings with scary text choosing.

By the process of doing macmillan, i was struggling with story choosing, should i make a story or choose one of the old story. I would like a make a story, but sometimes my set-up is a little bit too complicated, always put too much message inside, but do not really think about how kids may like. For instance, I was thinking about adventure story, then I want to make them funny, fantasy, too much turning point but even I already put these things, I still thinking about make it meaningful. In the process of making story, I was failed again and again, I almost give up and start to draw momotaro and alice in wonderland. The drawings of alice in wonderland i made has the same problems as Moby Dick, it looks like a set-up scene.After meeting with classmate and mary, I decide to change again, I was make a simple, small topic as my main idea, and try to imagine everything connected, as the first idea, " kite", I was went to a kite festival in France, also thinking about fly. After all, the story is not really a story, isnt telling any meaningful things at all, but it make kids to think about fly, to think beyond the story I tell. I like the part of thinking and solve questions, makes me happy.


there are some example, my works has start to be a piece of picture which is already set-up.
the question is i may be can tell a story by a piece of drawing, but now i cant tell story by pieces of drawings. Is it because i didnt understand the story? or is it now i cant turn the text into drawings?

It has been two years, I still have many things to concern, style, skill, target, what I am going to make? So many questions there to think about. After more research, and improve technical skills, hope everything will going well.