#construction

3D practice

| harussell1
  • Mind Mapping and jotting direct responses to memories
  • Looked at Rebbeca Hornes work and Mona Hatoum.
  • Research into PTSD was very interesting and informative

Through mindmapping I decided to focus on PTSD and the void that is created in that person’s head by disassociation with the event itself and in turn that person usually attempts to busy themselves in order to distract from the events that happened.I wanted to created a physical form that was representative of the void in that persons head.I also wanted to look at the physical presence of weight and relate it to the weighing pressure of traumatic events that weigh down that persons mind.

I felt inspired by looking at Rebbecca Hornes body modificationa such as Einhorn (unicorn)

I also felt that ‘the void’ tied in well with my last project.I enjoyed this theme and wish to continue it into this one I also decided to use bricks and bring the use of not only the sound but the physical presence back in aswell

  • Creating the basic cilinder shape
  • experimentation with the positioning of the voile
  • further experimentation
  • experimenting with different shapes using black elastic
  • Decides to weave voile through out the whole structure and to choose clothes that coule be identified as unisex
  • Avoidence is often a method used to cope with PTSD but I felt that this was maybe t o much of a relaxed avoidence method.
  • I wanted to experiment with doing things throughout the house but I felt that prehaps people might link this with feminism.
Mona Hatoum’s piece ‘performance still’ 1985. I found myself quite interested in the thought of using the body to drag/push something.And using items of meaning to do so.

Iwanted to experiment with some performance art pieces down by the sea which is connected with being spiritually healing.I wanted it to symbolize there being healing availible out there but due to the block the void causes ultimately avoidance is put in place weighing that person down.I decided to use black and white to create more of a serious atmoshpere.I specifically choose a day where it was misty and rainy/windy to create and atmosphere aswell.The wind also created interesting shapes on the t-shirt which resembles waves. (This can be seen more clearly in the video below)In some of the face on standing shots it is also hard to tell whether the body is facing forwards or backwards giving an alien like feel and connecting with the alienation that person may feel.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1BtKmxlOantsJh5k5um-prmR8inBMscBs

I decided to experiment with face paint as I think I might use this for my performance piece.I created one and and a peer did the other.I think it connects well to the mask people use every day to cover this dehibilitating mental condition

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Cogd_plrRglgCpaWR13gGSpGZ0g14Agi

The revel!