#bibiliography

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Maida, Carl A. Sustainability and Communities of Place. Studies in Environmental Anthropology and Ethnobiology ; v. 5. New York: Berghahn Books, 2007.

[sabrina-unsw]

FINIAL ARTOWRK

Contemporary art and design often look at the idea of constructed binaries, such as man/woman, soft/hard, straight/gay, dirty/clean, organic/synthetic. Considering the history of these ‘pairs’, how can art and design interrogate these binaries and offers new insights?

Throughout history our socially constructed binaries have shaped the way we perceive the world, however, within our contemporary age these 'pre-perceptions' are continuously challenged by artists and designers that blur the line between binaries and their defining conflictions.

Artists such as Austin Lee, Theo Jansen and Joshua Allen-Harris have influenced my work through their exploration of 'organic life' and synthetic objects within art, and how far this influenced perception can be challenged. In our modern technological era, this sense of what is 'real' or 'organic' is particularly relevant within the adaption of the digital within our environment, which forces us to question the very definition of 'real'.

In my work I continue to explore these concepts through the understanding of 'organic' compared to 'synthetic', and the similarities found outside their opposing definitions, through the representation and questioning of social binaries.

My poster explores the historic relation of such constructed binaries through their representation and confliction within our extrinsic perceptions. The use of contrasting mediums of 'organic' charcoal and 3D layered, 'synthetic' plastic challenges the material understanding; the plastic represents organic life in the form of an Australian Galah, while the (presumably imported synthetic bra and clothesline is constructed out of natural charcoal. The charcoal is ironically is the most 'alive' material within the composition, but through its represented form, is rendered lifeless by the audience.

These representations also explore the 'male/female' social binary, where bright colors, such as pink, are usually an indicator for a species’ male, while the human 'female' bra is left surprisingly dull and translucent in comparison. The use of a readymade background, portraying a digitally constructed sky, also emphasizes this concept of 'organic' life verses a 'synthetic' reality, where the world I show in my artwork is not even my own.

REFERENCES AND RESEARCH SOURCES

‘Art people’, CALVIN NICHOLLS’ DELICATE PAPER SCULPTURES OF BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS, 2017, https://www.artpeoplegallery.com/calvin-nicholls-delicate-paper-sculptures-birds-animals/ )

Austin Lee, ‘Serious Works’exhibition, march 2017, https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/austin-lee-art-140717

Austin Lee, ‘Smother’, acrylic on canvas, 2015,  https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/austin-lee-art-140717

Calvin Nicholls, “Birds in art”,poster exhibition, 2017,http://www.calvinnicholls.com/567256/art-museum-and-gallery-shows/

Dorea Reeser, Natural versus Synthetic Chemicals Is a Gray Matter, April 10, 2013, https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/natural-vs-synthetic-chemicals-is-a-gray-matter/

Joshua Allen-Harris, kinetic sculpture, ‘Air bear’ 2008,http://ldsearthstewardship.org/2013/03/green-art-installations-air-bear-and-other-inflatable-bag-art/)

Kyle Bowyer, Robot rights: at what point should an intelligent machine be considered a ‘person’?, February 7, 2017, http://theconversation.com/robot-rights-at-what-point-should-an-intelligent-machine-be-considered-a-person-72410 )

Leo Burnett, “Future is Manmade”,poster, 2006, http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2006/the-future-is-man-made/

Ogilvy & Mather, “nature can’t be recycled”, poster, 2007, https://osocio.org/message/nature-cant-be-recycled/

Robert Hart, Robot human rights, February 14, 2018, https://qz.com/1205017/saudi-arabias-robot-citizen-is-eroding-human-rights/

Saatchi & Saatchi, ‘give a hand to wildlife’,poster, 2010,http://creativecriminals.com/print/wwf/give-a-hand-to-wildlife

Singing wings aviary gallery, n/a, http://www.singing-wings-aviary.com/rose-breasted-cockatoo-galah.htm

Sprout, Green Art Installations: Air Bear and Other Inflatable Bag Art, March 22nd, 2013, http://ldsearthstewardship.org/2013/03/green-art-installations-air-bear-and-other-inflatable-bag-art/)

Tony Rogers, how plastics are made and what we need to know about them, July 22, 2015, https://www.creativemechanisms.com/blog/how-plastics-are-made-and-what-you-need-to-know-about-them

Theo Jansen, kinetic sculpture,‘Strandbeest’ (1990), 2016 exhibition, https://www.exploratorium.edu/strandbeest)

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Annotated Bibliographies

Looking over my old class notes.  Good for refreshers

“An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.

Annotations are descriptive and critical; they expose the author's point of view, clarity and appropriateness of expression, and authority. Write a concise annotation that summarizes the central theme and scope of the book or article. Include one or more sentences that (a) evaluate the authority or background of the author, (b) comment on the intended audience, (c) compare or contrast this work with another you have cited, or (d) explain how this work illuminates your bibliography topic.”

http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm

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RefME The free tool to create citations, reference lists and bibliographies in any format.

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