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FINAL WORK

‘Accidents of Discovery’

CONCEPT STATEMENT

This assessment encouraged me to step out of my comfort zone and preform experiments that I wouldn’t have considered usually. In further exploration I found that there were elements from all my experiments that I really enjoyed and the process was less daunting than I had originally thought.

I originally intended to test out the stability of a box using two different methods.

First I wet a series of boxes to see what they would reform as, and then I burnt a couple more to see what the differing result would be, The results from the wet boxes were basic, so I pulled them apart and using PVA glue I put them back together in different shapes so that they were no longer boxes but objects.

From there I was unsure what to do. I knew that each of the objects I created had certain textures about them that I enjoyed and thought looked interesting. So I painted the objects and created a series of imprints out of them on a blank piece of paper. Some worked well while the burnt plastic boxes didn’t leave much imprint.

The final result is an abstract artwork the audience can touch combined from the left-over piece of box and impressions of the materials I worked with/ created throughout my experiments.

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Refining Experiment #6

Following on from my last experiment I used the textured impressions to create an artwork in the process of refining my work. I have never worked well with acrylics as I prefer pencil so I can get rid of my mistakes. And i’ve never been a personal fan of abstract artwork. In saying that creating this was incredibly difficult but also incredibly fun. It worked well that I had no idea what I was doing because the impressions work well scattered and erratic. I enjoyed how this work turned out especially because you can still see the essence of the box while the actual box itself is almost non-existent.

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Experiment #5

The results of my 4th experiment was practically none. The colours didn’t come off the cardboard kelloggs boxes at all like I hoped they would. Instead I decided not worry about that experiment and to follow up from my former experiments. I really enjoyed the textures that I had created by molding the boxes, so I decided to focus more on that.

Considering how drab my cardboard boxes were looking I wanted to throw a bit of colour into this experiment. I mainly wanted to see what impressions the boxes left once I had squished them together and molded them. Some turned out really well, others did not.

All the cardboard was really impressionable and I really liked the different designs that were created from each ‘box’. Whereas the plastic didn’t leave as much impression as I considered it would.

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Experiment #4

As a side idea I considered that the boxes I had been using were quite colourless so I thought it would be interesting to see if the colour would come out of a cheap kelloggs boxes.

I took the rice bubble kelloggs box and unfolded it and then just placed it in the orange bowl containing cool tap water. While I took the coco pops kelloggs box and put it in the silver bowl with hot water.

I’m leaving them to soak overnight. I’m not too worried about the outcome of this experiment as it just sort of occurred to me as I was working on my 3rd experiment. But I’m interested to see the results. Will the colour come out at all? Or will it be a crumbled mess?

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Experiment #3

In following my interest of testing out the stability of the boxes, I collected a plastic takeaway box. I considered that a different material would react differently to the process. But instead of wetting the box I decided to use fire and heat to melt the box.

The result was different than I expected. I was hopng that the box would melt away quickly. Instead it took a while for the plastic to actually start melting and when it did, it actually seemed to fold into it’s self rather than melt away. I discovered that unlike the wet cardboard once the plastic had cooled down it was still as sturdy as it had been previously. The structual integrity of the box remained the same and when I felt the melted sections they were much stronger than the box as a whole.

I quite enjoyed the process of melting the boxes edges though it took much longer than I anticipated, the result was interesting. And I liked how the edges looked and felt once they had been melted away.

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Experiment #2

Considering the results of my last experiment and my interest in testing out the durability of these boxes. I decided to completely re-soak the boxes. Encouraged by our last class of ‘Vagueness’ I wanted to mold the wet boxes into a variety of different shapes. I used PVA glue to stick bits of ripped up cardboard boxes together. I found that making an actual shape out of the wet boxes was extremely difficult as I hadn’t let them completely dry when I tried to glue them together. And PVA glue isn’t the strongest material either. If I intended to do this again I would definitely use a different method to glue the boxes together. What I did discover though was that when I created my different shapes, they all had a different texture to them. The wet cardboard was different to dry cardboard, the re-dried cardboard was different. And the edges of each molded product created a different feel.

In testing the stability of these newly created shapes, none of them were particularly sturdy due to having been watered down and redesigned. Even the ball of cardboard I had created still had a reasonable amount of give to the material structure. But I did enjoy the variety of textures that came out of messing with each of the shapes.

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Experiment #1

For my first experiment I know I wanted to be able to mold my boxes and from previous experience I know boxes are much too sturdy to just bend the way I wanted them to. So I decided I wanted to have the boxes manipulated by nature rather than human interaction. So I selected 3 different boxes and left them outside at the beginning of the month for nature to take its course (rain). Seeing as I left the boxes at my house on the Central Coast I could only go back and check on them on the weekends. So when I came back I found that 2 of the 3 boxes had been wet sufficently and dried in a more curved shape. Whereas the last box had barely been affected by the rain.

This was intriguing as I had completely assumed that the rain would soak through all the boxes and they then would have dried in an altered shape. Obviously the last box had been made of sturdier stuff than my other two boxes as it was designed to carry fragile items such as glassware. Through this experiment I decided I was interested in finding out just how durable these boxes were. And how much they could take.

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Vagueness

We were tasked to use a chair and create something that was totally unlike a chair. Similar to our box experiment.

The top image is my groups chair. We decided to focus on the texture of the chair ie. the metal of the stools and the cushioned seat. Following on from this we decided to add a range of other materials we could find around the room and combine them to the chair. The result was a variety of textures including sponges, plastic, sample fabric material and masking tape. We enjoyed the idea of the audience being able to touch the artwork and feeling something different each time.

We were then asked to combine our individual group artworks together to create one big vague artwork. This resulted in last two images.

It is intriguing to see what we created. Is it a dystopian living room? A hoarders lounge? Or possibly a replication of homeless situation?

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THE PERFECT SLEEP KIT - VAGUE EDITION

For this exercise we experimented with vagueness and the way in which we could explore it through everyday life. We looked specifically at the everyday task of waking up and going to sleep, in which we produced kits to subvert the task itself.

Material Chair

We were tasked to make a chair vague. To turn it into something unlike a chair. SO we were interested in the idea of the textures a chair already had such as the soft covering to sit on and the stiff legs that poke out. Encouraged by these natural textures we decided to add a bunch of other textures that a chair wouldn’t usually have. Such as rough edges of scrunched up paper, sponges and various amounts of fabric.

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LIFE CYCLE OF A STUDENT PROJECT

We decided in our group to play on the idea of the life cycle of our student projects. We are constantly experimenting and making projects, however what really happens to them once they are finished with?

This stop motion video follows the life of a student project created out of a box and the way in which it is forgotten and abandoned after completion.

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NEW BEGINNINGS, TO BE CONTINUED … TOMORROW

Inspired by Nina Katchadourian’s project Sorted Books we explored the UNSW library and created our own phrases using the book titles.

• I chose these books as a way of playing with the idea of procrastination. Our society today is constantly distracted by things such as technology and fear, forcing us to constantly put things off.

We then experimented further with this idea and created a visual mind map using collage and string, in order to represent society’s mindset and the constant distractions we face such as to follow trends and be social.

• The mind map works from the centre out connecting what is seen as the ideal state such as creativity and organisation, to the many things that can cause us to stray from these ideals.

• As well as this we made a point of placing the word ‘death’ in the far left hand corner in order to emphasise the way in which it is inevitable, however not really spoken about or considered very much.

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Activity 2: Self portrait

We were asked to make portraits of the members of our group without creating a drawing of the person, instead we were encouraged to think broader and create something that represents the individual.

So we created a game: Guess Who? Backpack edition. Where the audience had to guess who we were from the contents of our bags laying out on the desk as displayed.

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Guess Who Backpack Edition.

Rules:

x The class has to ask us general questions with yes or no answers.

x They must put their hand up and call out who they are asking by name.

x If the question is too specific to the items on the table we have the choice of not answering.

x If a group matches one of us with one of the portraits, they have to give a valid reason why.

x the group who matches us to items correctly gets a point. x the group with the most points win.

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Activity 1: Investigation

In groups we were instructed to go find our designated spaces and learn about the rules and instruments in those rooms. Our group was assigned the Plaster Room, so we made a video about some of the materials and rules that we found in the room, along with some of the works made by other students. Important to include that the first sign outside the room says that we must be wearing masks and protective gear when entering the room (OOPS) as the plaster is dangerous when ingested. REMEMBER THAT!!

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