Artist: Richard Serra
Materials made of: Steel
Themes of the piece: distress/ daring / risk / chance / luck / science / balancing tasks / perfection/one mistake could hurt a lot of people/ think before you do things /the fragility of life / we all have to compromise/meet in the middle
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Title of art piece: white field
Artist: Gunther Ueker
Materials made of: painter nails/ canvas/board
Themes of the piece: how many times you hurt something with something it wont let it come down / shadows represent different aspects of life from different angles / no two people are the same / individual/opinion/ we are all the equal but just see things from differe t points of view
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Title of art piece: XLT footbed 2013
Artist: Rachel Harrison
Materials made of: wood /polystyrene /cardboard /cement/acrylic paint/ shoe/ metal stanchions
Themes of the piece: different races/different colours/ boxes all piled shows dysfunction of life and how weird colours/objects can come together to create something beautiful - represent life/ grey cord could represent how society is trapped in a bubble and we find it hard to escape though you can if you just break free from the cord / running shoe represents us running away from the issues of the world
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Title of art piece: works on paper
Artist: louise bourgeous
Materials made of: paper /paint / canvas
Themes of the piece: shows life and the mother/baby relationship - absent fathers - mother is a big part of babies development and birth - without their bodies no babies could be born / life at a vulnerable time / circle of life
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Title of art piece: the bigger picture
Artist: michael baldwin/mel ramsden/jaye cook
Materials made of: mirror
Themes of the piece: theres more to life than what you look like/ everyone sees something different when looking into the mirror/ different opinions/ different ways of living / reflect on yourself and the way you act in life / shows how we view ourselves just visually
ARTIST RATIONALE
LESSON 2
Body Over Mind
This exercise made me feel free and relaxed. I felt asif my body could move openly and interact with other bodies without thinking which created real, organic movements. I felt that i could explore different parts of my body i hadnt before and multiple levels in the room. I felt this was beneficial as helped me understand how my body moves and just what i can do with it.
Tickling exercise
When recreating our partners reaction to us tickling them was very difficult for the reason that it was fairly easy to recreate their physical actions but to feel the emotion they felt was quite impossible. You can only tell so much out of someones physical reaction as opposed to their mental reaction.
The impossible task
My impossible task was to 'break through the ceiling and grab the moon' - my initial thoughts on trying to conquer this was to get as close to the ceiling as i could e.g. Jumping from blocks in the room/building up a pile of chairs then jumping off it/jumping as high as i could/getting on the window seal and jumping off of there. I had to drill into myself that this wasnt impossible otherwise i would have become cynical and not bothered at all. I tackled each small obsticle at a time to make it seem not so difficult. I felt in a world of my own and that i was on a mission, everyone else became a blur and my focus was the ceiling. Of course i didnt get anywhere but i tried my absolute best and didnt give up.
Music
This task really set me on edge. I didnt feel asif i could relax and listen to what my teacher was saying, i was always waiting for the music to be played and therefore my concentration jolted. I felt myself thinking up a pattern of when she was going to start playing it and to physically prepare myself to stand up - my movements ended up feeling slightly forced and more of a chore as i wanted to have a fluent discussion on theatre and not be so suddenly interuppted.
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