I decided to look at weight bearing with bricks again.And how weight bearing on different parts of the body can not only be a physical thing which we can see such as a pregnancy etc but mental weight can effect different elements of the body also giving way to different conditions such as IBS.

In the following video’s i looked at balancing weight on different parts of my body and the unpredictability of it.I felt a slight anxiousness never knowing what would drop when.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PhxH-IespO4yaH0TNpuBX0sucTrKr8pn

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PImrwrrdvmdC_ttwJ7Yjzi3PMQnEVo1r

In the second video i thought about how weight from our minds can travel to certain parts of the body.Without really thinking about it we are adding weight to our own backs as stress can cause related pain within our bodies.Studies have shown that increased levels of the stress hormone cortisol can cause related pain within our bodies.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Psc_WJxUAEYW-Vcf4np2GHCJoIuV1Mlp

Using face paint I decided to look at the mask people use every day to cover up the weight bearing on their mind. this can either be through make-up or facial expression.A mask to show how awake they are when there mind has shut down

I wanted to show how this mask can be washed away over time whether through use of water which is a very spiritually clensing material.I realised after filming the video that it looked like someone being blessed.Which i realised could be another way of clensing mental weight even if it wasn’t the end result that I was intending.

I patriculary like the unpredictable manner of which the paint travels in droves across my face.As unpredicatable as the action of someone with such a weight on their mind.

I find some comparisons between my work and the work of Bas Jan Arder especially with the way the facepaint has started to look like tears and the way my eyes look red from crying

https://images.app.goo.gl/WVfdyaVUMPwuZMe48

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We were asked to continue our ideas in a conceptual project,I decided to look at what worked and what didn’t work from the 3D project.Some things that were mentioned during the crits were to look more at weight.So I decided to focus on issues that can weigh on the mind and how it can effect the mind and body by continueing to use bricks.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LgPr2gkAHfdq4M_Me3UJrHSsZtiCXb-Q

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LfauMFfEMUoSdsfZ9x79gIv0kfIqWwz4

I felt that it was important to document the making process as there was something interesting and therapeutic not only with the wrapping and binding process but to watch it too.

I decided that it was important to use somebody who wasn’t me as the model as I was worried that it would be hard to communicate my ideas esactly how I wanted them.

I also left the half circle of bricks around the model after I had created the headpiece.It looked aesthetically pleasing and yet it had some kind of ritualistic feel to it.I suppose a ritual is something that we do over and over again and carrying our mental weight is something most of us do day in day out before that ritual is broken with whatever helps or heals it.

I felt that this development was really sucessful and created some strong images.My favourite being the head piece.It didn’t turn out how I has imagined in my minds eye but better infact.I love the surreal quality to it and how the voile interweaves with each other.I think it has the feel of a painting about the image.

Another thing I would like to continue to develop is the facepaint.As I felt that it was sucessful but I didn’t take it any further.