Lines (Research)

This is a post of my progression of my Lines Project from start to end.

WEEK 1 & 2

During previous consultation, I have learnt that by carefully selecting the placing of the emotions it can help bring out the stark contrast between them.

lines1 — Drawn from my own interpretation, without any research done

So I figured I had to do intensive research on each emotions and what do they mean/best represented through their mediums, styles or even their symbolism. After much thought and research, I have came up with a table to categorize them accordingly:

EXAMPLES OF RESEARCH

ANXIOUS

lines5 — TURBULENT, INDECISIVE, EXHAUSTED

MEDIUMS EXPERIMENTS

In week 2, I have started experimenting with new mediums, specifically Chinese Ink and Monoprinting.

I have also done some texture research to see if I can incorporate it into monoprinting.

RESEARCH AND SOME CONCEPTS

WEEK 3/4

As mentioned in the weekly consultation, I have yet to decide on a concept for this project. One method is to think of a TITLE for this project. Some concepts I came up with was:

ADJACENCY – placing a certain emotion adjacent to each other to bring it out (i.e. systematic vs distracted; nonsensical vs aggressive)
OPPOSITES – using strong objects to showcase fragility; harmless things to show aggressiveness
CONTRAST – by categorizing the emotions of: soft vs dark; messy vs organised

CONCEPTUALIZING

MORE EXPERIMENTS

CAI GUO QIANG

I particularly like Cai Guo-Qiang’s explosion art as it shows duality of exhilaration and destruction. Using gunpowder as his medium, he creates beauty from destruction. After creating his scene with scattered gunpowder and pre-cut stencils, he ignites them and this creates a sort of controlled randomness – organized chaos – in his art.

He also describes his process as to making love: “You can try to steer it, but you can’t. It’s like making love. It’s very in the moment. And there should be no regret.” The process of making these drawings are publicly displayed, and I feel that there is much appreciation in the process of making art.

CLOSE UP OF THE MARK OF 921

Also, in Cai Guo-Qiang’s drawings at up close, you can see that there are much details and randomness, yet it can portray the emotions of pain.

In relation to assignment 1, I am looking into his artwork in smaller pictures and seeing how it portray emotions.

Category: Lines (Research)

Lines: Progress