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[contemporarylatinamericanart]

(Image Caption: Shibboleth, The Unilever Series, Tate Modern, London. 9 October 2007 - 24 March 2008; Image credit: Second Image courtesy of MCA, Chicago; © Doris Salcedo)

Artist: Doris Salcedo

“Salcedo’s work gives form to pain, trauma, and loss, while creating space for individual and collective mourning. These themes stem from her own personal history. Members of her own family were among the many people who have disappeared in politically troubled Colombia. Much of her work deals with the fact that, while the death of a loved one can be mourned, their disappearance leaves an unbearable emptiness.

Doris Salcedo is the eighth artist to have been commissioned to produce work for the turbine hall of the Tate Modern gallery in London. Her piece, Shibboleth (2007), is a 167-metre-long crack in the hall's floor that Salcedo says "represents borders, the experience of immigrants, the experience of segregation, the experience of racial hatred. It is the experience of a Third World person coming into the heart of Europe.”

-Artist bio excerpt provided by the Tate

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/doris-salcedo-2695

http://whitecube.com/artists/doris_salcedo/

http://www3.mcachicago.org/2015/salcedo/works/shibboleth/

[janinecarlos]

FINAL WEEK BEFORE ASSESSMENT (WEEK 6):

So with the images above, they are apart of my final work that I will be showing.

These pieces are probably my favourite pieces because they are made up of small paintings of images from back home (Philippines) which were inspired by Jacob Maentz’ photography work. Whenever I look at it, it makes me miss my family members back home. It makes me feel sad also because of how the people that live in Baguio, Philippines are slowly loosing this view and farming atmosphere due to the demolishment of trees and establishment of houses and Philippines being overpopulated. 

This thought then brought to me the idea of deforestation. Which also feels like it would work well and show that contrast with my following industrial feel of silver book pieces. 

FINAL LAB (PRINT LAB) : 

With the end of semester 1 coming up, I also had my final lab to experiment with. In the print lab, I was able to make my own frame to print on. 

This is an image of the final outcomes which came out quite nice. (Side note: It’s not my design but an illustrator that I admire.) 

Also, if I had more time to experiment with the print lab, I think that the fabric paintings shown above would have been interesting to create into a print and this is something I could consider for next times work.

ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF WORK:

Going back to one of my earlier works, I came back to this weaving work and I took the sticks and spray painted them gold to also show the contrast between traditional/old and industrial/new.

As I was setting up my work, I did not think that it would work alongside the other works, so I decided to make it one of my supporting works instead.

[janinecarlos]

Unedited Materials From Star by John Latham - Biennale di Venezia ( 2017 )

With this specific work from Latham, I liked how it seemed like it was one artwork but in fact it was multiple parts of work put into one. Also I liked how the work was put into an animation, showing a variation of coloured pages and slight movements of the book placements. 

(In addition, I just wanted to add that I am more interesting in the materials he is using and methods he does rather than the meaning behind it.)

[janinecarlos]

DAY 3- IN THE CLOUD (photogrammetry and scanning)

For day 3, we were able to experience another way and process of creating art through scanning 3D images.

My group decided to work with the plastered hands that we had made on day 1 and use it for the 3D scanning. In the end it did not really turn out the way we wanted but if it turned out the way we might have wanted it to, it would have made an interesting sculpture. 

Through this workshop, it also made me realise how difficult and long the process is if you wanted to scan an item so that it would turn out the way you wanted it to.  

[janinecarlos]

DAY 2 GO- STOP- GO

During the afternoon of day 2, we went with Janet to the computer lab to create mini animations (supposedly gifs) and experiment with photoshop and premiere. 

This was probably my favourite workshop because it was something I have not really worked with before and I liked how it was like a moving image and or painting. 

(This is something I could probably incorporate in my next art pieces.)

[janinecarlos]

WEEK 1: DAY 2- IN THE CAN 

On the second day, we were able to visit the darkroom and work with Ingrid and Dieneke to create pinhole cameras. This process was quite interesting, for who would have known that you could capture an image by using a paint bucket, some tape and a film strip! It also shows that you don’t exactly need an expensive digital camera to capture an image. 

By using our pinhole cameras, we were asked to take photos of our plastered objects from the previous workshop. (The objects we used, would have made interesting images.) With our first film strip, it turned out quite blurry for we left it for too long (1 minute and 12 seconds I believe.) So, we tried again with a shorter exposure time but it still did not turn out Clear. 

I think that if we were to do this again, we would need to choose a better spot with more light. We chose this spot for we thought that the shadows that were being reflected would look interesting in the image. Also, with the plastered yarn, we wanted to capture the shadow of it.

[janinecarlos]

BACK IN STUDIO: WEEK 1 (Day 1- Let’s get plastered)

During the first week back in studio, we did a mini workshop about using plaster. So, we all brought in a couple of objects to cover with plaster and the results were quite interesting. 

As you can see in the images above, I took objects I had left over from my previous artworks such as coloured streamers, and left over fabrics like felt, brown packaging tape and reflective paper. 

What I found most interesting and found aesthetically pleasing was the coloured objects. I like how the pigment from the streams bled through the plaster creating a tye-dye effect.

The following afternoon, my group had wet lab and we learnt the process of creating a mould for a cup by using plaster and clay. 

(The image above, is my finished mould.)

[janinecarlos]

END OF WEEK 7 (HALF WAY THROUGH SEMESTER 1)

Here are images of some of my assessed pieces in the studio (which was rearranged.) Honestly, I am proud of what I have accomplished for everything I did was out of my comfort zone. Going into next terms studio practice and considering the feedback, I am going to push myself more for I know I can.

For next term, I need to do a lot more research especially with artists that do similar work that I am looking at doing and I need to consider the detail in my work. Though the first part of semester 1 was great, I’m excited for what the rest of semester 1 has in store.