Kate Egan
Junior tutorial
Proposal.
This semester I am planning on creating a show that incorporates the components of photographs, ink drawings, print making, video, furniture or sculptural clothing. There will be up to ten photos possibly incorporating a homemade light box, or enlarging the photos to poster size. The photos could be transparent for the lights box, gelatin silver prints, cyano types, or digital. The ink drawings and prints will be abstract doodles and ideas that venture from the entire theme. The furniture will have cyano photographs imbedded in the fabric. The clothing will be handmade and used in the production of the video and photographs. The clothing will be created as a sculptural piece, to eventually stand alone in the exhibition. The video will hold the entire story while the photos become almost still shots of the video. The music is what inspires the entire work to become a whole. The overall idea and story will be meticulously thought about when creating each piece of the collection. The use of professional models and possibly dancers will be used in the video and photos. People that inspire me to create this look are Kevin Llewellyn, Elsa Schiaparelli, Annie Leibovitz, Richard Avedon. I am considering a few concepts at the moment, one is based on the four elements of the earth, another is a nature based ethereal dreamscape, and finally a retro spy theme.
Kate
ReplyDeleteSince it seems that you are drawing most of your inspiration for this project from the fashion and design world, I thought I would list a few blogs that might be interesting for you to explore
http://www.thesartorialist.com/
http://www.theselby.com/
http://unknownhipster.com/
http://www.fashionologie.com/
http://www.nowness.com/
http://ashleyrosehelvey.blogspot.com/
http://upliketoast.blogspot.com/
and 2 alumi from the art dept at SMU
http://fininawasteofwaters.tumblr.com/
http://dottedswiss.tumblr.com/
one lives in London, the other NYC and both work together on a new fashion line.
note the relationships between grament and set design, photography and drawing.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading and listening to your proposal I can see that this is a large undertaking. It incorporates various components that (as you know) have their own individual setbacks. Being that your installation involves a number of pieces, I am interested to know how you will compose these components in a gallery setting.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as I mentioned before, I think focusing on the physicality and movement that Gaultier exhibited in his mannequins at the DMA will be useful. Gaultier applied anthropomorphic qualities, but you can apply a similar sense of movement using the four elements.