#frankensteinunbound

[nyrdcastpodcast]

Michael Hutchence's 2 new posthumous singles "One-Way" b/w "Save My Life" to be released on 10" picture disc via Boss Sonics/Deko Entertainment on August 9th.

[hemanchong]

#FrankensteinUnbound by #BrianAldiss. A very early painting of mine. See it next week @stpi_gallery #PeaceProsperityAndFriendshipWithAllNations #HemanChong (at STPI - Creative Workshop & Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLPT6qfFHpZ/?igshid=3heejxav8rse

[kalki-maitreya]

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"Ramayana Overdrive." #frankensteinunbound https://www.instagram.com/p/CEk2d4qnf4X/?igshid=16s2hmykmkuf9

[ohdeargoditsalive]

Peter Pan’s shadow 

[ohdeargoditsalive]

FINAL// Every chapter had an element that used light to cast a shadow and some chapters even had pop-up and moving aspects. This created a less “on the nose“ design, allowing the mature reader to enjoy the book with familiar images. It was interesting casting these pages onto my ceiling and wall of my room, it brought back memories of my childhood and the big kid inside me.

[ohdeargoditsalive]

FINAL//

Un-stitched shadow

Revisiting my idea, Andy challenged me to progress my idea with the focus that the reader was in fact an adult. Therefore removing the familiar images from the Disney film and focusing on less obvious imagery. Here the concept of shadows was applied and my previous design was transformed into a book that used light. This idea stemmed from Peter Pan and his shadow and what a shadow meant. Where there is dark there is light and in the deepest of dark can a light shine bright.

[ohdeargoditsalive]

PROCESS// After weeks of workshops and each of us discovering our own preferred body and method, we began the creation of our final project. The idea was that it could take any form, but it needed to represent our knowledge we had gained within the studio. I continued with the exploding body and decided that I would also like to work with a dead body and give it new life, just like Dr Frankenstein (in the book Frankenstein) did with his Monster. I picked Peter Pan, as it has always been my favourite book and something that I treasured both in my childhood and even in my adulthood.

My first idea was to hide a book within a book, allowing the reader to be perceived as reading a book suited for an adult, when in fact inside was the book Peter Pan, by J. M. Barrie. To adapt my exploding body aspect, I was to hide various pop ups and images within the book, that were masked by the text. I discussed with Andy on the idea of taking iconic scenes from Disney’s movie Peter Pan and remastering the images to create pop ups and kinetic objects the reader would interact with.

[frankensteinunbound]