Continuing from our previous assignment – to create textures, we were tasked to work on a box project in pairs. For this box project, we are to use textures and colours to create a sculpture which evokes the emotions and/or best explicitly represents the self-given theme.
For our project, Randi and I chose the theme of a ‘Carnival‘.
Using water soluble ink and a roller, Randi and I experimented with the materials we brought and the different surfaces around ADM to create textures.
10th February 2018, Saturday.
We went on a trip to the National Gallery Singapore to learn more about the pieces from the exhibitions: Colours of Impressionism and Between Worlds: Raden Saleh and Juan Luna. Through this trip, we learnt more about how an artist uses colours to create moods and to bring across messages.
8th February 2018.
Painting our colour palette (an in-class and to-be-brought-home assignment).
1st February 2018.
After learning about colour theory during class today, we were tasked to create a landscape composition using 5 different colours, bearing in mind the depth one can create using a contrast of colour hues and saturations.
1st February 2018.
Brief: Create a sequence of 5 black & white abstract pictures that relate to each other. This compositional organisation must show: Symmetry/Asymmetry, Balance, Scale/ Proportion, Emphasis, Movement/ Rhythm, Unity, Repetition, Harmony, Contrast.
Instead of creating an absolute narrative compositional story, I decided to create pieces which showcase the dynamism, joy, and a brief history of Lindy Hop – a dance which I picked up during my freshmen year of University and have continued since then.
Lindy Hop is an American Swing partner dance which originates from Harlem, New York, in the 1920s-30s. Lindy Hoppers typically dance to jazz and electro-swing music, and wears vintage outfits – think The Great Gatsby: flappers, suites, suspenders et cetera.
If any of you are keen to find out more about Lindy Hop, do check out the video below. Tanya & Sondre’s Fly Me To The Moon is one of my favourite Lindy Hop routine thus far!
Using restricted shapes – triangles and rectangles, to create harmony and balance in the composition.
Using only one type of line, create harmony and balance in the composition.
25th January 2018.
