For this project, I really want to either create a story or environment. I also want to stick to simple techniques for the piece and not get really involved with the technology aspect and focus on the art and story. I really like working with shadow and contrast between light and dark.
My first idea that I can do for the project involves one of the examples we were shown on the first day of class. It involves creating an environment from a single shade covering a light. I really like this because it can change any place into a whole new area. It can make it creepy, beautiful, whimsical or anything else. It can evoke feelings and thoughts by putting someone in the area that is being created from the object. The materials for this could be lamp shades, plastics, materials that could give it texture and depth.
The second idea is something that I thought of because I love carving pumpkins. I thought of the idea of carving scenes into objects that wouldn’t be carved or even gutted. One object made me think of this originally was an old TV. It could be gutted out and then a scene could be carved into it using pinhole poking or a powered carver. I really like the idea of using the objects and scenes carved into it to make a statement or show a contradiction. For example, this could be like a TV with scenes of nature on it to show how people spend too much time watching TV and not outside.
The third idea is from artists that were shown during the artist presentations. I really liked the idea of creating shadows from objects that you would have never known created that shadow. I would use this technique in a similar way to my second idea. I like the idea of showing one thing with the objects and then showing something different with the shadow. One idea I had with this was to show a story about people meeting and the journey of falling in love by showing objected involved in their lives but showing more in the shadow. I like to tell stories and do things that people can relate to so I could do this through the sculptures. This project would have to be done in a room but then only documented in pictures, so it is not very movable or permanent.
