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XD -WORKSHOP (9/8/23)

Learning the turntable wheel, where my first pot accidentally collapsed on itself and became a plate. I had to restart I made two pots/trays both very imperfect. It was a lot of fun and I need a lot more practice.

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16/8/23 WORKSHOP

I wanted to improve my skills at throwing so I made two more pots/vase and decided go for a messy marbling rainbow effect with the glazing

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(23/08/23) Jewelry WORKSHOP

Early beginnings - Started carving wax rings and decided to do a jaws design. continuing the theme of the body.

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The first workshop we worked with ceramics with the basics of coil/pinch/plates. I made two pots (coil + pinch) using the techniques we were taught. We also did some activities of cryptic sculptures that we swapped twice with your right side person. Another
Activity was to choose one word give it to the opposite person and make what it saids. Mine said “  egotistical “ which I made a man, political persona with an arrow “ego” carved in. We all joined the letter sculptures together to form a body! Overall a great introduction to clay, and ceramics.

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(03/08/23) INTRO TO XD: SALOTE + TANYA

An introduction of XD and what to consider for our major work for the Light ad Darkk topic by considering materiality and concepts such as “balance”, “time” and “reaction”.

The limitless view of art being anything has its charm. Talking about art is so philosophical and subjective to everyone.

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“Passing the light” an sculpture, made of found materials and cellophane.

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“Passing the light” an sculpture, made of found materials and cellophane.

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XD: TANYA

A light wind chime made with the previous found objects and cellophane . The final piece was great for conveying light. In the early beginnings I bought cellophane to try experimenting further with light and transparent materials but didn't become part of the final work. Although it started my exploration of transparent materials (e.g x rays)

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(09/08/23) XD: TANYA

A seminar of making “scores'' with found objects then group-project sculptures. My Group with Aleena made a light wind chime made with the previous found objects and cellophane

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Film still of the beginning onwards, Lucy and I are performing an connection of people through expressions of the body and paper. An bond between both parties, synchronised circles. Then sabotaging each others place to showcase this disconnection and moving on with part of each other.

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Too long of a film

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Film still of the beginning, Lucy and I are performing an connection of people through expressions of the body and paper. An bond between both parties, synchronised circles .

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Stepping into the circle, challenging, film still 

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Stepping into the circle, challenging, film still 

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disturbing a place, a piece about social media and party culture invading an de-briefing place to relax

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(30-31/8/23) XD Workshop.

We had obstructions we had to follow mine were to use “no clothing and to make death out of life”. The outcome was very beneficial as it has became one of my reconstructions. The first one with two people in a cuddling display. On the Thursday I experimented again with clothing and censorship. Fellow classmates stood behind it which made this cool effect

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A cross-disciplinary assemblage of x-rays and intimate clothing both symbolizing a clinical and carnal representation of the human body. The separation of sexualisation to one’s anatomy plays as an push and pull effect. As there’s an interpretive transparency of one’s physical inner-workings (organs/bones/muscle) deprives them from the desirable features of skin. The re-contextualisation of the used garments and suggestive symbolism is to historically link to the rising consumption and commodification of pornographic/fetish-able material. Inspired by explicit culture such as Playboy magazines to the social media resources such as Only Fans. My aims were make audiences feel uncomfortable, uneasy and to find humor out of this piece. Sarah Lucas 'Au Naturel' collection is what prominently influenced my ambitions for this work. The fragmentation and censorship of the bodies subconsciously enables one’s mind to fill the blanks. How we perceive bodies and the reaction of erotic displays of them. Utilizing natural light and the natural darkness that emits from the x-rays creates an transparency and glow. The incorporation of the pink glasses it’s undertones that haunting make an fleshy alive look to the blue x-rays. Conceptually, the darkness of the grim anatomy with the shredding light of humor and liberation. The sanitized images is balanced and even distracted by the contaminated clothing and sexual connotations that further cause mixed emotions.

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The juxtapositions of the grim imagery with these additional symbols is meant to be an extension of the Latin concept “Memento Mori '' (you will die)  to experiment and make dumb decisions is a temporary and unavoidable aspect of life.

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Statement 'Untitled’ is a photographical sculpture that sheds light on mortality. The involvement of x-rays is a dark element of our physical selves, how our bodies are temporary and depends what you wanna do with it. The playful connotations of pleasure, recklessness and youth is to create these representations of lifestyles crossed with our bodies.

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Cornelia Parker CBE RACold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991

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In the compendium artist Cornelia Parker’s suspension of the deconstructed exploded shed “exploded view”,  motivated me install eyelets to be able install the deconstructed x-rays by hanging them (as a mobile). However through revaluation I changed the presentation as previously mentioned. The fragments of the shed in ‘Exploded view” did contribute to dismantle the various x-rays likewise to the resources of the once man-made building.

Material disciplines : Photography media (x-rays), sculpture, performative (audience walking behind) Site-specific.

Light and Dark : Natural light, darkness from shadows of x-rays. Conceptual dark of grim display of bodies and shedding light of using personal objects/clothing.

Uncanny, grotesque, taboo, sexualisation.

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Exploitation/Exposure/Invasion of Privacy (interchangable)
Exploitation
Consumerism of Erotic Media
Representations of sexual desire.
Perverted gaze.
Exposure
Anatomy revealed
Transparency of self
Step beyond nudity

Invasion of Privacy
Censorship/Blacked out areas Missing anatomy Naked / insides on display.

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Critical thinking

My concept was refined many times from simple beginnings to a critically developed concept. From humble beginnings of mortality to exploitation, pervertised gaze, and sexualisation.

Relationship of the place and Presentation.

Utilizing natural light and paneled glass was part presentational process that was further experimented with, for instance embracing the environment of the Old School Building. The tinted pink windows of the Tech Workshops allowed my x-rays constructions to have visual depth. The pink undertones gave the piece a fleshy living look instead of the cold blue, white windows.

Materials

The use of glass can be interpreted in two ways. Glass as a transparent material allows light to be emitted through and can allow two way perception. It’s a material that also can be used as “viewing” whether it's a shop window advertising something or a window to see.

The additional use of black tape and clothing will act as a censorship of what you can and can't see. I aim to evoke uneasiness of whether you should be there, “a perverted viewing” of people. The bodies are erotically displayed, an example of “beyond nudity”. The question, whether it’s right? For the audience to be viewing this piece. An invasion of privacy and imagining of what should be there. The consumption of sexual media and the depictions of real people’s anatomy. Transparent to the audience to view.

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Davis, RL--(Rebecca L, 2014,, ‘Pleasure, Danger, Playboy, and Porn’, Journal of Women’s History, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 167–177, doi: 10.1353/jowh.2014.0057.

Davis, RL--(Rebecca L, 2014,, ‘Pleasure, Danger, Playboy, and Porn’, Journal of Women’s History,

An article about the pornography industry and the consumption/implications of explicit material. The history of American sexual culture. Mentions of “playboy” becoming an norm in society post WWII, with it being “the pursuit of individual freedom”. The commodification of sexuality and material become an empowering moment for women. “Gendered structures of power within the American workplace, politics, or legal system, and interprets an individual woman's celebration of her sexuality as a victory for feminism” explaining how social structures shifted. As well as the concerns of sexual violence increasing cause of porn and the “ censorship … with mainstream feminists, who "opposed violence, not sex" and understood that advocacy for any kind of censorship inevitably meant "that gay, lesbian, feminist, and other forms of progressive expression would be squelched along with individual freedoms"

This research helped strengthen additional concepts with the history of commodification and consumerism of explict  media.

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Managed to retrieve enough x rays to experiment and decided to use eyelets commonly used in clothing as a way to hang them.

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Inspired by “Bicycle thief” in the ‘Writing  Backwards’ exhibition in the SCA gallery with photocopying and deconstruction.

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Decided to stick to the media of x rays while experimenting with natural light and artificial light. I didn’t have many x-rays on me at this moment of time, so I had to source some

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My first thought and sculpture about the major work was scrapped. It was a memory capsule of life and to embrace your mortality which is still the theme of my now resolved piece.

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‘The Curtain Breathed Deeply collection : The Joy of Life After Matisse  Madonna and Marcel’ 2014, Justene Williams performative’ video installations. (film still)

Justene Williams is an Western Australian artist who creates immersive art installations and videos. Her hypnotic ability to engage with her audiences is what catch my attention to her work. Although it’s a film still the use of semi-nudity and fragmented editing of the actors facial expectations was what translated to my artwork.

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Stolon Press, Eugene Choi and Souchou Yao constructed a catalogue of artistry and is currently being exhibited in the SCA WRITING BACKWARDS that incorporate literature and poetry in forms of art. The piece ‘Bicycle Thief” based on the “bicycle thieves” story sparked my experimentation of x-rays and photocopying. The piece is a deconstructed bicycle assembled in the form of a bike that stretches across a room. The process of my light and dark major work is to deconstruct several different body types (males and females) and recreate them as new versions of themselves. Working similarly to the way Stolon Press calibrated this work. ‘Bicycle Thief”, Stolon Press, Eugene Choi and Souchou Yao. Photography scans of a bike. Dimensions unknown. SCA Gallery,  WRITING BACKWARDS exhibition.

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Chicken Knickers, 1997/2014 Sarah Lucas. Wallpaper Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist

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Sarah Lucas is a female British artist known for her humour and visual symbols in photography, found objects and collage artworks. Lucas’ “Au Natural” collection inspired my aims of having suggestive imagery that evokes audience’s  uneasiness and comedic reactions. Sarah’s visual elements of  underwear and sexual symbolism in Chicken Knickers, 1997/2014 and Mattress, 1994 in the collection are examples I admired in hopes to achieve similar outcomes.

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Your spit is my nest - 2023 NATALIE QUAN YAU. 

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1. What is the materiality of the work (make a list) and methods utilised in making the work?

Your spit is my nest - 2023 NATALIE QUAN YAU. MATERIALITY - saliva, guar gum, sugar, curtain rod, plaster, tin lid, nail polish varnish.

Used bio-produced materials like hair, saliva.

2. What do they remind you of? (What are they or have they been used for?)

It reminds me of close examinations of bodily functions and substances (cameras going down ear canal or nose. It is made to made a connected sculpture of an intimate home/nest. The materiality of saliva being a blinding agent, a warm substance that can be transferred and produced.

3. How are the materials presented? How does it make you feel? how does this contribute to the meaning? The materiality of saliva being a blinding agent, a warm substance that can be transferred and produced. This feel a sense of biological connection and is slightly disgusting but it’s nothing of the abnormal.

4. Do you like this work? Why or why not?

I like the direction of this work how it connects the body and its resources to be an intimate sculpture of home and comfort.

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Overall, the critiques were mostly beneficial. Something I struggled with was the numerous
interpretations it could comment on. The simple materiality was intentional, and I tried to steer away
from a clinical/sanitized piece. I enjoyed the process of preparing this piece and have thought beyond
with how I can evaluate and make a collection with these x-rays. I am proud of the amount of
engagement and effort I have demonstrated during XD. I could of possibly made it more sexual and
jarring with sex toys and kinky objects but decided this was an appropriate way to portray my assembly

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My feedback was positive with a Green Light result. Tanya was holding the presentations.

The critiques were constructive with my original display of my x rays on the windows. Embracing windows, the environment of the Old Teachers Building was an natural consideration. The pink panel doors of the Jewellery tech rooms was where I decided to showcase for week 6 part B. The engagement with the class was limited with no verbal feedback however interested many. With the considerations of the environment I contacted the tutor of jewellery to organise using that space as a place to present for week 6. From there I experimented with the coloured windows and natural lighting as well as places such as the blue photography lab doors. Discovered which worked best and started constructing the bodies in and out of class.

Final work

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The fascination of graffiti art - Hoizer Lane Melbourne 

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The fascination of graffiti art - Hoizer Lane Melbourne 

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The value of graffiti art in this lane speaks volumes… and the ephemeral art is often covered up by another one’s art. The purple man was done just under a week ago .. by Louis Moore. However the artists have tagged and drawn over it… what is this means is there’s a sense of respect and disrespect earned or received at this lane. The unknown artist -having his piece already tarnished.. there’s works in this lane that are untouched and not disrupted.. having your piece in this lane for a long amount of time means you have respect among the residents and is a great deal of prestige.

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LEKYTHOS depicting the sanctuary of Apollo on Delos with the alter and a herm.

a small piece of storytelling attributed to the Icarus Painter ceramic, these pots were designed to be used as decorative pieces not as a traditional pot.

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Beetle is a sense of place, to the Egyptian mythology…. The set up is compact in a wooden box, maybe on purpose or to create more exhibiting place. The curation choices of having no description with the pendant.

The collection of jade figurines and arrow heads etc in this display questions the relevance and relationship to each piece, on whether the composition is meant to be viewed  as a large piece or a piece of many artefacts

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We talked about how we can make our works into a interactive and sound piece.
Then we visited Verge USU awards,Tin shed and some on site art on Usyd

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BICYCLE THIEF

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Carriageworks emerging place visit - Salote 

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Carriageworks emerging place visit - Salote 

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Minka Gillian - Super bloom

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CURIOUS

2020

Edie Kurzer, b. Australia

Mixed media installation

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Cuphead: Inspiration from the Inkwell

Studio MDHR. Canada. 2020

The charming and cheeky animated characters of Studio MDHR's Cuphead videogame spring into action in this contemporary incarnation of the popular

19th-century invention,

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Pepper's ghost effect, triangles, cyan and red

2018

Taree Mackenzie. b. Australia

Acrylic, MDF, reflective tint, LEDs, mirror ball motor, paint, wood,

exhibition iteration

acMCollecrion

Pepper's ghost effect, triangles, cyan and red gives new life to the Victorian-era invention made popular by John Henry Pepper. Pepper's ghost was an early special effect that projected ghosts onto theatre stages through light and reflection

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Abstract piece between all themes of inanimate and animate natures. An sub-minimal representation of class and humanity. The beauty both separate but
Integrate together as counters of each other.
A1 sized Stonehenge, mediums: acrylic, soft pastels, pencil, watercolour pant.
Dymonte pearls and crystals.

Between all themes of inanimate and animate objects/forms there’s an unspoken relationship. The subliminal representation of societies privilege and class beside having liberty and consciousness. The bodies types of beauty, comparatively makes them distinct and counter each other. The ambiguity of the bodies sparks the discussion of compatibility they have between them.

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Site specific sculpture (inspired by Andy Goldsworthy) 40 baskets— Manly, Northern beaches. 

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Site specific sculpture (inspired by Andy Goldsworthy) 40 baskets— Manly, Northern beaches. 