Curious campus is a chance to work experimentally across different levels and introduce level 4 to a community of work. Be safe respectful of others and property. All art made must be dismantled. The session started with a rundown of local history and sculpture by Brendan Fletcher. Mentions of Robert Peel, Marx and Engels and Emily Pankhurst. Their sculptures, interpretation and an understanding of the campus and Park. We worked in groups to explore these areas and using found objects we created our own narrative and work. Our group discussion was based around what Marx and Engels might say about Capitalism, consumerism and their effects on the environment. Our understanding was that a statement was necessary and so we created our work around the visual and sound elements of pollution to make this statement. We focused on microbeads being released into the ocean and made our statement on a pole something ling a line of text. Using phones with sounds of the ocean and Greta Thunberg’s speech, the viewer could experience the elements of each part of the statement. Each group presented their work with descriptions and film. The response from the viewers was good our point was made and the chance to get to know each other much appreciated. We also felt strongly that the work resulted in a piece that was more than the sum of its parts.
Curious Campus 25/9/19
Published by babssmithart
My work considers the significance of scientific imagery as metaphors for human existence. I draw from both the microscopic and scientific images in a micro to macro process of making. I believe this brings a subconscious connection through which we can communicate. Scientists agree that everything is energy, and everything is connected. I feel this passionately in my work and indeed my life. In my work I am exploring the crystallisation of tears as a process that occurs beyond our sight but once demonstrated it forms a portal to communicate with the viewer on a subconscious level. Ideas come from momentary human interactions such as the response to Voyagers iconic blue dot image which began my journey into the study of the human visceral response of crying and the crystallisation of tears. I have developed the memory of a rock climb into a sculpture and a tear into a tactile object that sits in the hand. As a multidisciplinary artist my choice of medium is key to resolving the work. I develop subjects often through print processes to ultimately create sculpture. I use many different materials such as paper, metal, Perspex and resin, often pushing them to breaking point as I explore their connection with narrative further. The process becomes the art, it is not always aesthetically pleasing but it is a direct result of my practice. The end result morphing into a piece of work that I could not have envisaged at the start of the process. View more posts
Babs Smith Multidisciplinary Artist 